Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:34:01 +0100 (CET) From: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> To: Chris Peiffer <chris@redlinenetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PXE/DHCP/tftpd boot failure in FBSD 4.4-STABLE since yesterday!! Please Help! Message-ID: <20011031232512.Y1054-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20011031140843.A54823@redlinenetworks.com>
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Chris Peiffer wrote:
Hello.
I'm currently usinf isc-dhcpd3 V 3.0.1.rc2 from the ports collection.
I use this server since today afternoon, before I ran isc-dhcpd2 2.0.5pl2
or similar from the ports collection. Both show the same phenomenon.
Since more than half a year we use the same config file dhcpd.conf
and never changed the dhcp/tftp config so this __can-not-be__ the
cause! My dhcpd.conf looks like similar to yours, but I have for each
known ether address its own entry:
# stud04
host 134.93.180.239 {
option root-path "/usr/diskless/amd";
#filename "/boot/pxeboot";
hardware ethernet 00:02:b3:17:89:0e;
fixed-address 134.93.180.239;
}
I have a more 'per client config' and not a more sophisticated 'per class'
configuration as yours, but the eefect is the same.
Our computing center has several renewals of their power supplying infrastructure
and theirefore the backbone and all switches were shut down that time. Since
then our problems began on some terminals, but this phenomenon was of sporadic
nature. Today it is a 'stable' situation: none of them work.
I need to exmamine what's going on on the network to see whether my local installation,
e.g. FreeBSD itselfs, corrupts diskless booting or the switch device or gateway of
the computing center (which maintains our backbone and infrastructure) has some
problems.
Thanks,
Oliver
:>On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:14:39PM +0100, Hartmann, O. wrote:
:>> Hello.
:>>
:>> Since yesterday morning we have massive problems with PXE booting
:>> diskless stations!
:>>
:>> The server has isc-dhcpd2 and since two hours ago isc-dhcpd3. The server
:>> runs FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE, the last cvsupdate has been done two hours ago,
:>> the previous cvsupdate has been done two days ago, but AFTER the first occurence
:>> of the following described problem.
:>
:>So you changed the dhcp server after the problem started occuring?
:>What change preceded the failure? What does your dhcpd.conf look like?
:>What about the kernel config of the kernel sent to the netbooting
:>clients?
:>
:>I am currently using ISC dhcpd V3.0rc12 with FreeBSD
:>successfully. I've attached my dhcpd.conf if it helps you any.
:>
--
MfG
O. Hartmann
ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de
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