Hi there, I already read something regarding the issue I experiment, but no acceptable answer was provided so I'm stuck in the fog. Once I followed your howto, I was unable, whatever I changed, to boot on the customized debian image. It's been close to 2 days I've been working on it, but it looks like it's impossible to get nfs work. Again, and again, and again the same error, as mentionned before, by other users, here and there around Google : nfs: server XXX not responding, still trying. I never saw a NFS OK in the logs, even if i can access nfs share with another computer. DHCP is OK (driver loaded, correct address and so on) TFTP is OK (as far as I can see) NFS is working (showmount -e localhost OK, and so on...), BUT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BOOT on the customized system. Do someone have a clue ? Did it work for someone ? Regards, SP
Hi Falco, Thanks for your reply and support. I used this URL : http://www.howtoforge.com/pxe_booting_debian. I followed the howto stricly, except name and IP address. Here are my configuration files : /pxeroot/etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp /pxeroot/etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost debian # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts /pxeroot/etc/fstab # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/ram0 / ext2 defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 1 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 1 /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.105; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; filename "pxelinux.0"; next-server 192.168.1.9; option root-path "192.168.1.9:/pxeroot"; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; } A pxe client can boot over the network, BUT the main issue is that NFS never mounts. I have the same error again and again : nfs, server not responding, time out, then still trying. Talking with olivier2b about this, he suggested to modify this file /pxeroot/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf with BOOT=nfs instead of BOOT=local = no change same error. I also tried with NFSROOT=auto and 192.168.1.9:/pxeroot, no change. Then he suggested to add host in hosts.allow files. Mine are like that : ALL:ALL (I tried with portmap:ALL and mountd:ALL, successless). Logs are : /var/log/messages Mar 21 16:55:59 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:55:59 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.122 (192.168.1.10) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0: unknown lease 192.168.1.122. Mar 21 16:56:00 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:15 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:15 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:17 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.105 (192.168.1.9) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:17 debian dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.105 (192.168.1.9) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 /var/log/syslog Mar 21 16:55:59 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:55:59 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.122 (192.168.1.10) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0: unknown lease 192.168.1.122. Mar 21 16:56:00 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:15 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:15 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:17 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.105 (192.168.1.9) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:17 debian dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:17 debian in.tftpd[4037]: tftp: client does not accept options Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.105 (192.168.1.9) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:27 debian dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:28 debian mountd[2074]: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.105:835 for /pxeroot (/pxeroot) Mar 21 16:56:50 debian dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:50 debian dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:50 debian dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.105 (192.168.1.9) from 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:50 debian dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.105 to 00:0d:60:8e:72:84 via eth0 Mar 21 16:56:50 debian mountd[2074]: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.105:877 for /pxeroot (/pxeroot) /var/log/daemon.log Mar 21 16:56:17 debian in.tftpd[4037]: tftp: client does not accept options Mar 21 16:56:28 debian mountd[2074]: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.105:835 for /pxeroot (/pxeroot) Mar 21 16:56:50 debian mountd[2074]: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.105:877 for /pxeroot (/pxeroot) I can't figure out what went wrong, but I did read a lot over Google regarding this kind of error. I tried several solutions : -change cable = no change same error; -change switch = no change same error; -I used several PC as clients, with different NIC = no change same error; -change tftp server by replacing tftpd-hpa by atftpd = no change same error; -did several changes over config files from my researches = no change same error; NFS is working, I can mount and access it with mount command... I did successfully set a platform to install OS by pxe boot, it works perfectly ! What I want to do is booting over the network with PXE to load a custom debian install to perform hardware inventory (with OCS client), partitionning (with partimage) and hard drive wiping (with wipe). Many thanks for your time and your brain ! Kind regards, S.
As the Howto says, */etc/exports /pxeroot 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) showmount -a /pxeroot 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 Could it be a portmap problem ? rpcinfo -p localhost shows portmap, mountd and nfs active. Thx, S.
