Are these two machines connected to the same network switch ? i have dhcp problems in my kickstart too but it depends on which network switch the machine is connected ... i've asked the network admin guy to have a look at the port configuration (using cisco switches) because if i use another switch (or connect the same machine on a simple 3com hub linked behind a cisco one) the kickstart is ok ... I suppose it's the same problem ... FYI i have this problem with a IBM x306m with broadcom nic inside ... On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 11:22 -0700, Fong Vang wrote: > I'ts hardware related. I have two supposedly similar machines from > the same order. One kicks fine and not the other. BIOS setting is > the same on both servers. This is strange. > > anyway, thanks for all the responses. > > On 5/26/06, Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 25/05/06, Fong Vang <sudoyang at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > May 24 23:01:38 fong-31-100 in.tftpd [29880]: tftp: client does not > > > > accept options > > > > Googling for "in.tftpd tftp: client does not accept options" returns > > lots of results which imply this is pretty typical when Kickstarting > > systems and doesn't prevent the boot/install process from working. And > > lots of stuff about Broadcom interfaces in particular. > > > > > That's how I'm kicking. Again, this profile works fine on a > > > different machine. I'm thinking that it's hardware related. > > > > Have you tried completely disabling one of the interfaces in the BIOS > > to see if this gets you any further? > > > > Will. > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060526/22277674/attachment-0005.sig>