is there any chance you have 2 DHCP servers on your network?
perhaps once DHCP server is providing the config that is used during the
PXE phase, and a different DHCP server is providing different values to the
kernel.
Jim McQuillan
j...@ltsp.org
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:47 PM, James Butler <stupidscr...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Master LTSP System: HP Proliant 4-drive RAID (1.4TB total), 12GB RAM
> Thin Clients: Dell Optiplex (old), Sony Vaio (2012), HP Pavillion (2013)
> Connection: Proliant eth0 into Netgear hub, Thin client eth0 into same
> Netgear hu
> (exactly as shown in the UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWiring diagram from the docs wiki)
>
> I've been trying to get LTSP going for several days, using both Ubuntu LTS
> 12.04 and now Edubuntu LTS 12.04.
>
> The OS installs fine, no problems in either case, but the LTSP
> installation is ... problematic, to say the least.
>
> There is no problem for the clients to get an IP address from the DHCP
> server, and they all log in via TFTP.
>
> However, in every case, seemingly no matter which config file I modify or
> how my stuff is connected, I can only boot the thin clients into the
> BusyBox initramfs ... never into a graphical interface, and I always
> receive the same messages, viewed by pressing CTL+ALT+F7 once I'm in
> initramfs regardless of the machine.
>
> Here are the messages I receive in their entirety (CTL+ALT+F7). Same
> message whether I do a fresh install and try to connect without messing
> with anything or after any of my multiple attempts to resolve the problem:
> <code>
> No interfaces found! Aborting...
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> ipconfig: no devices to configure
> /scripts/local-top/nbd: .: line 34: can't open '/tmp/net-*.conf'
> mount: mounting /dev/nbd0 on /root failed: Input/output error
> /scripts/init-bottom/ltsp: line 27: panic: not found
> chroot: can't execute '/usr/bin/test/': No such file or directory
> mount: mounting /root on /rofs failed: Invalid argument
> mount: mounting /rofs on /root/rofs failed: Invalid argument
> cp: can't stat '/tmp/net-*.conf': No such file or directory
> mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
> mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
> mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
> Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init-ltsp.
> No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
> </code>
>
> I do realize that this indicates a failure to accomplish things AFTER a
> failure to connect (so things didn't get found because there was no
> connection) ...
>
> HOWEVER ... did not the client connect and get an address from DHCP and
> then, further, successfully log in through TFTP?
>
> It did ... so why the failure following the TFTP exchange? What's it
> looking for?
>
> I have tried everything I could find online, in any documentation and
> through searching, including:
>
> - Install NFS/NBD server
> - Modify /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf with every conceivable variant (but not a
> problem to get an IP via DHCP)
> - Modify /tftp/ltsp/lts.conf with many variants
> - Rebuild client, update sshkeys/image
>
> and many more over the past several days. I have also re-installed both of
> the OSs at least 5 times, first letting them setup LTSP for me and then
> with me setting it up manually after the main OS was installed.
>
> I had high hopes for Edubuntu, realizing that it is a distro intended for
> non-admins, but I am in the same spot.
>
> I have found no messages online showing the same errors as I am receiving
> ... most talk about a kernel panic or network card drivers ... so I am
> posting here.
>
> I super-appreciate any help at all resolving this problem. Note that the
> links to the Edubuntu troubleshooting docs are non-functional.
>
> Thanks in advance for anything at all.
>
>
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