[Sisuite-users] autoinstallation fails

[Matthias K�nig]

Hello,   my autoinstall clients fail to install, i.e. they do not get an IP address with dhcp. (Your autoinstallation failed. Could not configure eth0 using dhcp.) When I do ifconfig, it shows the network interface is not configured.   I'm able to configure eth0 manually from the command line. But then I don't get a connection to the imageserver, I can't ping anything.   I have clients with two different chipsets (Intel 845GL, SiS 650). This problem only appears with the SiS chipset clients. Autoinstalls on clients with the Intel chipset work.   The drivers for both network cards are in the boel kernel: eepro100, 8139too.   The clients are connected to HP 2500 switches.   This is the log from the boot server, which is also the image server: (The line for the tftp client also appears with successfull autoinstalls.)   Jul 30 13:59:17 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:17 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:19 b100 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 81.223.254.118 (81.223.254.120) from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:19 b100 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:19 b100 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 81.223.254.118 from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:19 b100 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 11:59:20 b100 in.tftpd[15399]: tftp: client does not accept options Jul 30 13:59:33 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:33 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:41 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:41 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:57 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 13:59:57 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:13 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:13 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:25 b100 last message repeated 2 times Jul 30 14:00:30 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:30 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:30 b100 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0 Jul 30 14:00:30 b100 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 81.223.254.118 to 00:10:dc:7b:a4:f3 via eth0   Any help is greatly appreciated.   Thanks.   Matthias Koenig