Juan, The problem seems to be with SMB errors when connecting to Windows Server 2003 share. It is not specific to our Dell Precision 3400 series. The problem can be reproduced on different PC types and even in Virtual Machines.
When we use our Windows Server 2003 repository and the newest unattended 4.7 rc4 build booted from either linuxboot tftp or CD we receive the following errors when the XP install process begins copying files: > smb_proc_readX_data: offset is larger than SMB_READX_MAX_PAD > or negative! > smb_proc_readX_data: -59 > 64 || -59 < 0 > smb_proc_request: request [c136ae60, mid=1432] timed out! The errors are numerous and eventually halt the install process. To verify that it is only a Windows Server 2003 issue I copied the install repository to a Linux samba share and there where no errors and the unattended process continues past the XP setup copy file stage. I believe this error is due to the Linux kernel bug in 2.6.23.11 when using smbmount on a 2003 server (reference http://www.wlug.org.nz/SambaNotes). One of the recommended solutions is using mount.cifs instead of smbmount which is depreciated and not maintained any more (reference: http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smbmount.8.html). In the linuxboot misc code, specifically the master file, smbmount is attempted first and if that fails mount.cifs is used. See code snippet below: > echo "*** Trying smbmount $Z_PATH /z -o ttl=600000,$mount_opts" > > if smbmount "$Z_PATH" /z -o "ttl=600000,$mount_opts" ; then > check_z \ > && break > echo "*** smbmount \"succeeded\", but /z/dosbin/install.pl not found" > umount /z > else > echo "*** smbmount failed." > fi > > echo "*** Trying mount.cifs $Z_PATH /z -o $mount_opts" > > if mount.cifs "$Z_PATH" /z -o "$mount_opts" ; then > check_z \ > && break > echo "*** mount.cifs \"succeeded\", but /z/dosbin/install.pl not found" > umount /z > else > echo "*** mount.cifs failed." > fi I would recommend switching the above mount attempt procedures and letting mount.cifs be the first attempt. Is it possible to update the unattended 4.7 rc4 linuxboot build to include that change or maybe implement a config option somewhere. We are unable to rebuild the linuxboot code currently due to dosemu compile errors. Thanks. Matt Sherrill -----Original Message----- From: Juan Jose Pablos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:21 AM To: Scott Card Cc: unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Matt Sherrill Subject: Re: [Unattended] 4.7 Release Scott Card escribió: > Note that there are still some pretty big blocking SMB errors on Dell > Precision 3400 series workstations. > could you expand a bit more that information? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
