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List:       opensuse-autoinstall
Subject:    [opensuse-autoinstall] opensuse 11 network problems
From:       pierre.girard () gerad ! ca
Date:       2008-07-15 19:36:43
Message-ID: 37000.132.204.100.226.1216150603.squirrel () webmail ! gerad ! ca
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Hello,
  I'm trying to install opensuse 11 booting from a DVD but selecting an
ISO DVD on an NFS server. I tried creating an autoyast configuration
file but i was having all sorts of problems with software selection and
repositories at install time so i went back to a simple semi-manual NFS
install to try and troubleshoot the problem.

I can start the installation, select a kde3 desktop, set up the other
options and install the software and then it reboots to complete the
installation. At the moment i keep it to bare minimum so i didn't try to
setup NIS and many other things.

After the reboot it seems like it can no longer find the NFS source even
after many retries.

I tried doing the installation with DHCP and with a static address and i
get the same result in both cases.

When i go to Ctrl-F2 console i can do an ifconfig and see that the machine
has an IP address but it doesn't seem to be able to ping anything on the
network which would explain why it can't connect to the NFS server.

I tried an "ifconfig eth0 up" and then pings start working and i can dig
as well. After that when i hit retry it seems to proceed correctly.

When i type in the NFS source i use the IP address of the machine to avoid
possible DNS problems.

I'm out of ideas on what to try out next.

Thanks for your help.




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