Sorry, I can only be of limited help here. For us, this problem happened outside an xCAT context; the bad network configuration came from a Satellite Server. The root cause is likely similar, but the troubleshooting steps are going to be very different.
You should carefully look at the grub boot loader that gets loaded by PXE; probably via TFTP. This is where the kernel gets its network configuration from. In my case, the problem was that the default gateway was wrong - I had accidentally specified 10.x.y.0 instead of 10.x.y.1. But it could be any of the network parameters. Or, of course, a different problem altogether. And I heavily relied on features in Satellite Server to troubleshoot it, so my troubleshooting steps won't help you. _______________________________________________________________________ Kevin Keane | Systems Architect | University of San Diego ITS | kke...@sandiego.edu *Pronouns: he/him/his*Maher Hall, 162 |5998 Alcalá Park | San Diego, CA 92110-2492 | 619.260.6859 | Text: 760-721-8339 *REMEMBER! **No one from IT at USD will ever ask to confirm or supply your password*. These messages are an attempt to steal your username and password. Please do not reply to, click the links within, or open the attachments of these messages. Delete them! On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 8:58 AM SOPORTE MODEMAT <soporte.mode...@epn.edu.ec> wrote: > Hello Kevin. > > > > I really appreciate your approach. Could you please give me any advice to > make sure about the network problem. Because I have already installed one > server with the same image via xcat without any problem. > > > > Kind regards and thank you in advanced for your reply. > > > > Msc. Mercy Anchundia Ruiz. > > Especialista de TICS > > Tlf. +59322976300 EXT 1537 > > https://hpcmodemat.epn.edu.ec/ > > Síguenos en Twitter: @HPCModemat > > MODEMAT -EPN > > > > *From:* Kevin Keane <kke...@sandiego.edu> > *Sent:* viernes, 26 de febrero de 2021 22:06 > *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Cc:* SOPORTE MODEMAT <soporte.mode...@epn.edu.ec> > *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] can't kickstart with centos 8 stateful image > > > > I have seen this error in a non-xcat context; it means that dracut > couldn't find the kernel to load the next phase of the installation > (anaconda). At least in my case, there was a problem with the network > configuration. Don't get misled here - it's entirely possible that the > network configuration initially works when it comes from PXE, but the one > dracut sees doesn't (dracut's network configuration comes from the kernel > command line, I believe). > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Kevin Keane | Systems Architect | University of San Diego ITS | > kke...@sandiego.edu > > *Pronouns: he/him/his *Maher Hall, 162 |5998 Alcalá Park | San Diego, CA > 92110-2492 | 619.260.6859 | Text: 760-721-8339 > > *REMEMBER! **No one from IT at USD will ever ask to confirm or supply > your password*. > These messages are an attempt to steal your username and password. Please > do not reply to, click the links within, or open the attachments of these > messages. Delete them! > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 6:42 PM SOPORTE MODEMAT via xCAT-user < > xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hello guys. > > Please help me to fix or figure out why the xcat deployment fails in this > blade server, I am provisioning a centos 8.2 image with xcat, in another > server it install successful but in this one I got this message related > with Dracut timeout error (see attachment). When I install by using the dvd > iso image I do not have any problem during the installation process. > > I am using the xcat version 2.16.1 because it is a requirement to use > openhpc v2.0. This server is HP ProLiant BL460c G7. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards. > > > > > > Soporte MM > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > >
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