I pinged the target box from the server and got a "destination host unreachable" error. the parts are a little different for example the RX bytes on the imageserver is 11.9MiB and it is 7.6KiB on the target.Could that be a reason why it cant ping to it or autoinstall?
--- John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 08:33 -0700, Jide Osatuyi > wrote: > > i got ***.**.**.167 > > I don't know how to ping another box from the > other. > > "ping ***.**.***.***" of other box. the parts you > masked above HAVE to > be the same between the two boxes. if you boot the > target into windows, > you can use the device manager to find out what it > is. > > > I dont know how to identify the nic either from > the > > ifconfig information i have here. > > > > --- John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 07:51 -0700, Jide Osatuyi > > > wrote: > > > > the image I'm trying to place on the box is > linux, > > > but > > > > the box I'm trying to place an image on > originally > > > did > > > > not have linux on it. > > > > The imageserver and the target box are not > exactly > > > > similar:the imageserver is a dell gx260 and > the > > > target > > > > box is a dell gx270. > > > > Yes i was dropped into a busybox prompt and > when i > > > > typed /sbin/ifconfig i got > > > > etho ...... > > > > > > > What ip address did you get here? can you ping > the > > > ip address of the > > > image server at this point? > > > Also, what kind of nic is in the target server? > > > > lo ........ > > > > > > > > it gav me the complete configuration as would > be > > > > xpected i guess.. > > > > --- John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 07:10 -0700, Jide > Osatuyi > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I got this: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rsync > ***.**.**.***:: > > > boot > > > > > > overrides > > > > > > scripts > > > > > > myimage > > > > > > > > > > > > I then tried rsync ***.**.**.***::scripts > and > > > I > > > > > got a > > > > > > buch of > > > > > > . > > > > > > . > > > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/10/05 14:51:12 > > > > > clone979.sh > > > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/10/05 14:51:08 > > > > > clone98.sh > > > > > > > > > > (snip) > > > > > > > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 4340 2005/10/05 14:53:42 > > > hosts > > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 10924 2005/10/05 14:49:08 > > > > > > myimage.master > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 4096 2005/09/30 09:53:47 > > > > > > post-install > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 4096 2005/09/30 09:53:47 > > > > > pre-install > > > > > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/09/30 12:58:10 > > > > > server1.sh > > > > > > > > > > > > what does this mean? > > > > > > > > > > this means that rsync on the image server > works. > > > > > > > > > > > I also want you to know that the client > I'm > > > tryin > > > > > to > > > > > > clone does not have linux on it.thats why > i'm > > > > > trying > > > > > > to use the autoinstallcd. > > > > > > > > > > Let's make sure we're clear here... the > image > > > you > > > > > are trying to place on > > > > > the box is linux, but the box you are trying > to > > > > > place an image on > > > > > originally did not have linux on it, right? > > > > > > > > > > If your target box is starting with another > os, > > > no > > > > > matter, it'll get > > > > > deleted. if your source image isn't > > > linux.....well, > > > > > not sure how you'd > > > > > have created it. > > > > > > > > > > So...to summarize, rsync is working on image > > > server, > > > > > but target server > > > > > boots from autoinstall cd and gives an > error. > > > Are > > > > > these boxes > > > > > identical? when it fails, you should be > dropped > > > > > into a busybox prompt, > > > > > does this happen? if so, type > /sbin/ifconfig > > > and > > > > > tell me the output. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > > > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free > > > content, > > > > > downloads, discussions, > > > > > and more. > > > > > http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Sisuite-users mailing list > > > > > Sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Yahoo! 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