Bug 482785 - DHCP always fails on first try
Summary: DHCP always fails on first try
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 10
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Cantrell
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-01-28 03:59 UTC by Kevin Arhelger
Modified: 2009-02-21 03:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-02-21 03:08:33 UTC
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Description Kevin Arhelger 2009-01-28 03:59:58 UTC
Description of problem:
Anaconda always fails to bring up eth0 via dhcp.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Anaconda shipped on Fedora 10 32bit.

How reproducible:
Every Time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Fedora 10 32bit install media and append ks="http://example.com/kickstart"
 (Or use koan/cobbler)
2. Wait for the network portion to start.

Actual results:
Anaconda fails to bring up eth0 via dhcp.

Expected results:
Dhcp successfully completes.

Additional info:
Manually hitting enter ("Retry") will instantly allow Anaconda to continue successfully.
Apparently not card dependent, bug on at least the following cards.

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

It's a blocker bug for me, as I am trying to kickstart a lab. Having to hit enter on each machine does not allow unattended installs.

Comment 1 David Cantrell 2009-02-18 23:43:20 UTC
Are you able to try rawhide and see if this is still happening?  I ask because this bug sounds familiar to a problem we solved recently in rawhide.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide

Comment 2 Kevin Arhelger 2009-02-18 23:52:07 UTC
I can respin a revisor image to try. What would the appropriate way to include just Rawhide anaconda into a respin?

Comment 3 David Cantrell 2009-02-19 17:52:04 UTC
Including just anaconda from rawhide won't work because a lot has changed in anaconda and the things it requires are different.

It would probably be easiest to just try boot.iso from rawhide.  Those would normally appear in these directories:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os/images/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/images/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/ppc/os/images/

If one is missing, it means the tree build for that architecture did not complete for the night (for one reason or another).

Comment 4 David Cantrell 2009-02-21 03:08:33 UTC
I'm still unable to reproduce this on rawhide over the past week.


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