Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Romeo Ninov <rninov at gmail.com > <mailto:rninov at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): > > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate <centos at linuxpowered.net > <mailto:centos at linuxpowered.net> > <mailto:centos at linuxpowered.net > <mailto:centos at linuxpowered.net>>> wrote: > > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi Nate > > > > > 3: After the error comes up I get the HTTP setup > configuration > screen with > > the source website (in IP) and CentOS directory as I entered > them in the > > pxeconfiguration file and as it appears in the kickstart > configuration file > > and all I have to do is press the 'OK' button to continue the > installation > > to a successful completion. > > If that's the case the next most likely culprit is > > > url --url http://192.168.11.1/source > > > Just because the PXE boot loader can download the kickstart > config does not mean that the installation process will work > with that NIC. > > Also I've had lots of broadcom systems not work with > kickstart over > the years, it's not uncommon for newer systems to have newer > revs of the chipsets and those revs not being supported by the > installer. > > But it sounds like in your case it does work, so I would look > at the url above, as it likely is the cause of the problem. > Check > the http access logs on the server for 404s and similar errors. > > nate > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> > <mailto:CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org>> > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > Hi Nate > > After figuring what I was doing wrong (see previous reply > ...) I started going through each of my systems in order to > boot them and install CentOS 5.2 on each. For the most part it > works, but only for the most part? Because once in a few boots > (not machine specific) anaconda stops and either asks me what > interface it needs to configure or fails to load 'stage2.img' > from the web server on 192.168.11.1 <http://192.168.11.1> > <http://192.168.11.1> ... All cables are good cables. The > network switch is a Cisco 3750G with no configuration) and all > the NICs are broadcom with firmware 3.8.9. <http://3.8.9.> > <http://3.8.9.> Can you throw a guess where the problem might > be lying (I hate inconsistencies)? > > > Have you check apache logs for something. Check also the server > messages > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Hi Romeo > > Yes I did, and nothing shows up in either access_log or error_log :-( > I just had a node that stopped asking me for IP configuration (twice) > and only on the second time (checked on the server using tcpdump) did > it actually try to contact the server to retrieve network > configuration continue and it successfully retrieved 'stage2.img' from > the web server :-( > Paolo, what about DHCP or bootp servers. Check the logs, flush ARP cache from server(s)