I'm trying to get LTSP going between two PCs with a
crossover line so I can
learn how LTSP works before I try anything more advanced.
I'm using Red Hat 7.2. Both NICs are using PCI..
My problem is that the client workstation stalls when
trying to mount the root filesystem. The client screen says:
Running dhclient
mounting root filesystem:/opt/ltsp/i386 from 198.168.0.254
And that's it. It just hangs.
On the server in /var/log/messages it says
abba dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F via eth0
abba dhcp: DHCPOFFER on 198.168.0.14 to 00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F
via eth0
abba dhcp: DHCPREQUEST for 198.168.0.14 from 00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F
via eth0
abba dhcp: DHCPACK on 198.168.0.14 to 00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F via eth0
Server
eth0 abba
abba.yourdomain.com 198.168.0.4
PCI NIC RealTek RTL8139a 00 A0 D2 1C 69 3D
client
host ws001
PCI NIC RealTek RTL8139as 00 A0 4B 02 D7 8F
no fixed address. Uses a range of address supplied by dhcp
range 198.168.0.14 198.168.0.30
Looks to me like the last /var/log/messages says the client is trying
to give itself an ACK because 198.168.0.14 is its address and
00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F is the client's NIC. dah?
Could it be my /etc/dhcpd.conf ? I have read all the man files on
dhcpd and they totally confuse me. Which lines are for the server,
and which are for the client? And why is there no place to state
the server NIC hardware code or the server IP address?
In fact, nothing at all worked for me untill I got rid of the client's
fixed address and changed the IP addresses from 192 to 198.
Anyway, this is what my /etc/dhcpd.conf looks like now:
default-lease-time 21600; # 6 hours
max-lease-time 21600;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 198.168.0.255;
option routers 198.168.0.254;
option domain-name-servers 198.168.0.254;
option domain-name "yourdomain.com";
option root-path "198.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/i386";
shared-network WORKSTATIONS {
subnet 198.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 198.168.0.14 198.168.0.30;
}
}
group {
use-host-decl-names on;
option log-servers 198.168.0.254;
host ws001 {
hardware ethernet 00:A0:4B:02:D7:8F; # client NIC
filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.18-ltsp-1";
}
}
dhcpd is running just fine and tftp is too, with the -s.
I reduced the SWAP_FILE in lts.conf to 10 Megs since
both PCs only have 64 Megs RAM. but that didn't make any
difference.
Any ideas of any kind would be most welcome.
I have no idea what to do.
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