LTC Owner is: ameet.com LTC Originator is: shenlinf.com Problem description: vestalp1 was configurated with veth. I booted it from veth by bootp, and then used veth to install FC5 but it reported "That directory could not be mounted from the server". Hardware Environment Machine type (p650, x235, SF2, etc.): p5-595 Cpu type (Power4, Power5, IA-64, etc.): Power5 Describe any special hardware you think might be relevant to this problem: Is this reproducible? If so, how long does it (did it) take to reproduce it? Describe the steps: 1. config the vestalp1 with veth 2. setup IPL in SMS 3. boot from veth by bootp 4. select veth as Networking Device 5. Configure TCP/IP 6. NFS Setup 7. FC can't mount NFS Additional information: 1. Networking Device You have multiple network devices on this system. Which would you like to install through? eth0 - IBM i/pSeries Virtual Ethernet eth1 - Intel Corporation 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller eth2 - Intel Corporation 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller eth3 - Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] eth4 - Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] tr0 - IBM 16/4 Token ring UTP/STP controller 2. Configure TCP/IP Please enter the IP configuration for this machine. Each item should be entered as an IP address in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 1.2.3.4). [ ] Use dynamic IP configuration (BOOTP/DHCP) IP address: 9.3.111.188_____ Netmask: 255.255.255.0___ Default gateway (IP): 9.3.111.1_______ Primary nameserver: 9.3.121.18______ 3. NFS Setup Please enter the following information: o the name or IP number of your NFS server o the directory on that server containing Fedora Core for your architecture NFS server name: 9.3.117.7_______________ Fedora Core directory: /distros/rawhide________ 5. Error That directory could not be mounted from the server. ------ I was using "fedora-development tree (aka rawhide), snapshot May1". There are veth(usable) and physical network adapter on vestalp3. When I try to install FC5, the same problem happends. But after I delete all physical network adapter, it works. So till now, I am able to install FC5 on systems with only veth or only physical network card. For some reason eth4 is now the veth (orginally it was eth0) I booted the system into U3 and confirmed it. It's very interesting. If I selected "eth4 - Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]" in FC5 installation, configurated it using the original IP 9.3.111.188, and it worked!! FC5 is installed. ifconfig showes that the active eth is eth4. [root@vestalp1 ~]# ifconfig eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 66:F7:B0:00:10:03 inet addr:9.3.111.188 Bcast:9.3.111.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 ... [root@vestalp1 ~]# ethtool -i eth4 driver: ibmveth This seems to be the interface naming issue. during setup the installer load ibmveth first, but during the actual install it gets loaded after the physical adapter. And since the network configuration file use normal name convention (eth0, eth1, ....), the installer picks the wrong file. This could be avoided by using MAC address naming convention or loading the network modules in the same order.
----- Additional Comments From shenlinf.com 2006-05-30 01:34 EDT ------- still not fixed in May 26 version.
changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version|FC5 |devel ------- Additional Comments From shenlinf.com 2006-06-06 03:19 EDT ------- I am changing the version to 'devel' to properly reflect that this recreates on rawhide.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|OPEN |REJECTED Resolution| |INSUFFICIENT_DATA ------- Additional Comments From ameet.com (prefers email at ameet.com) 2007-02-02 16:33 EDT ------- We will close this Bugzilla for now. Please reopen if this is still a problem.
The information we've requested above is required in order to review this problem report further and diagnose/fix the issue if it is still present. Since there have not been any updates to the report since thirty (30) days or more since we requested additional information, we're assuming the problem is either no longer present in the current Fedora release, or that there is no longer any interest in tracking the problem. Setting status to "INSUFFICIENT_DATA". If you still experience this problem after updating to our latest Fedora release and can provide the information previously requested, please feel free to reopen the bug report. Thank you in advance.