I added the workstation IP addresses to the /etc/hosts file.  There was no
difference in getting the LTSP workstations to boot.  If I have a default
gateway on the server, they won't boot (and I see rpc.mountd using up a lot of
CPU time when viewed by top command).  If I take away the default gateway from
the server, the workstations boot just fine.

Any other thoughts, suggestions ?

Ken

> Ken,
>
> Are your workstations listed in your /etc/hosts file ?
>
> I'm thinking that when you don't have a default gateway,
> the NFS server is doing a DNS query and failing immediately
> because of the lack of a route.
>
> But, when you setup the default gateway, the DNS query is
> going out to the internet, to try to resolve a name to go
> along with the IP address of the workstation.
>
> This can take 15 seconds per 'nameserver' entry in the
> /etc/resolv.conf file (I think it is 15 secs).
>
> It could be that your nfs request is timing out before
> the DNS query fails.
>
> So, check your /etc/hosts file to bypass DNS altogether
> for the workstations.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Jim McQuillan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Ken Cobler wrote:
>
> > Here's the situtation:
> >
> > I have an Intel based server running RedHat 8.0.  The server has 2
> > ethernet cards.  eth0 is used for the LAN address range (10.0.0.0).
> > eth1 is used for access to the internet through another box as the
> > firewall and gateway.  eth1 address range is 192.168.1.0
> >
> > The LAN subnet, eth0,  is the address range for the server and the LTSP
> > workstations.
> >
> > If I configure the system with both ethernet cards and NO gateway (no
> > default route), the LTSP workstations will DHCP client, NFS, and load X
> > as expected.  I cannot resolve any Internet address because of no
> > default route.
> >
> > If I turn on the gateway address for default routing to point to eth1, I
> > can then access the internet.  However, the LTSP terminals will run DHCP
> > to get their IP address, but, when it gets to the point of mounting
> > root, the system LTSP workstation hangs.
> >
> > The last line received is
> > Mounting root  /opt/ltsp/i386 from: 10.0.0.1
> > 10.0.0.1 does happen to be the IP address for the RedHat server.
> >
> > I did not have this problem with RedHat 7.1 and LTSP 2.x.
> >
> > What am I missing ?
> >
> > Ken Cobler
> >
> >
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