Edubuntu Install Problems

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Theodore Moore wrote:

> > When you say "do not connect", what exactly happens?
> > 
> >  - Do the machines PXE boot?
> >  - Do they get a reply?  Is there some error?
> >  - Do you see the initial booting start up?  What exactly do you see?
>
> This system was fully functional using my old weaker server.  All I did
> was install the AMD64 version on my new server.  Each client tries to
> connect, seems to get a dhcp address, but then fails to load, with the
> "No Address" message repeating.

It sounds like you get a DHCP response but the response doesn't include
network booting information.  If this is the case I'd guess either:

1. The AMD64 machine's dhcp server is configured wrong.  This would be
   strange as the installer just drops a file in place.
2. There's a second dhcp server on the network (maybe a dsl router or
   something) responding to dhcp requests.

Some other things worth checking:

 * Check the output of the command:
	ps aux |grep dhcpd
   which should include a line like:
	dhcpd     2847  0.0  0.3   2916   960 ?        Ss   May01   0:01 /usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -q eth0 -pf /var/run/dhcp3-server/dhcpd.pid -cf /etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf
   That will tell you whether the dhcp server is running.  In particular
   check the last bit is "/etc/ltsp/dhcpd.conf".

 * Watch /var/log/syslog on the server for messages like these:
	Jun 21 13:58:09 XXXXX dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:12:17:9a:1e:c4 via eth0
	Jun 21 13:58:09 XXXXX dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.1 to 00:12:17:9a:1e:c4 via eth0
	Jun 21 13:58:09 XXXXX dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.2) from 00:12:17:9a:1e:c4 via eth0
	Jun 21 13:58:09 XXXXX dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.1 to 00:12:17:9a:1e:c4 via eth0
   which indicate the dhcp server going through the process of getting a
   request and responding.

Let us know how you get on.

Gavin