Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden Michael Tautschnig
> >> Hmm, Usually, you can boot very well even if the hostname is not set - >> you just need to tftp server address. > well the dns name has been set to that address in BIND > DHCP entry is like: > >group { > # PXE-specific configuration directives > next-serve

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden James
okee dokee thanks for the help Henning Sprang wrote: James wrote: > [...] pings fine and no funny logs I'm out of ideas, then. Only checking if the problem exist with a slightly older fai version might be interesting. As I said, the last one I tested is 3.2.6 - and as long as my wifi route

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden Henning Sprang
James wrote: > [...] pings fine and no funny logs I'm out of ideas, then. Only checking if the problem exist with a slightly older fai version might be interesting. As I said, the last one I tested is 3.2.6 - and as long as my wifi router who doesn't know the name of some clients is out of t

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden James
Hmm, Usually, you can boot very well even if the hostname is not set - you just need to tftp server address. well the dns name has been set to that address in BIND DHCP entry is like: group { # PXE-specific configuration directives next-server tftpserver;

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden Henning Sprang
James wrote: Usually I only see this, if my DHCP doesn't know the system and gives it a random ip from the pool. yeah, the shell shows [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, setting the name is broken very early - fai can't make more of it than it has here. Surely, it must not be your fault, you can be bite

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden James
So, after the install, before faireboot, the hostname command get's you a "host"? Or is the hostname set corectly in the shell Usually I only see this, if my DHCP doesn't know the system and gives it a random ip from the pool. yeah, the shell shows [EMAIL PROTECTED] i can type hostname and

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden Henning Sprang
James wrote: What's the exact symptom? System won't pickup classes defined cause it can't define system hostname. I noticed it just default sets it to "host" So, after the install, before faireboot, the hostname command get's you a "host"? Or is the hostname set corectly in the shell Usua

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden James
What's the exact symptom? System won't pickup classes defined cause it can't define system hostname. I noticed it just default sets it to "host" and then choose the classes defined in the *) entry in the 50-host-classes file my hostname is vm00.blahblahblah.com here's my class entry: # use

Re: FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden Henning Sprang
James wrote: Hey guys, i noticed that FAI isn't picking up my system's hostname from my DNS servers. What's the exact symptom? the fai and distribution version yo are using? cd or pxe install? It sometimes happend, and there was some confusion in hostname handling in FAI in some versions

FAI not picking up hostname from DNS

2008-06-27 Diskussionsfäden James
Hey guys, i noticed that FAI isn't picking up my system's hostname from my DNS servers. it SHOULD be picking them up right? or do i have to explicity set the host address related to hostname in /srv/fai/nfsroot/live/filesystem.dir/etc/hosts? TIA -James