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diff --git a/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/546638 b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/546638 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3f19105ed --- /dev/null +++ b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/546638 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Connection error when use PXE+NFS to boot guest + +I use NFS+PXE to boot RHEL 5. The installation is slow, and I send Ctrl+Alt+F4, then find that half (but not all) of connections are dropped: + +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 OK +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 OK +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 OK +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 not responding, still trying +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 OK +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 not responding, still trying +nfs: server 192.168.122.50 not responding, still trying +: +: + +I have checked that there is no IP conflict. + +Host machine +Kernel: 2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 +QEMU version: 0.12.3-2.fc12.x86_64 +libvirt version: 0.7.1-15.fc12.x86_64 + +Guest machine 1 (NFS server) +Kernel: 2.6.18-164.el5 +nfs-utils version: 1.0.9-42.el5 +Set up command: virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n m5 --vnc --accelerate --ram=256 --noreboot --os-type=linux --pxe --os-variant=rhel5 --mac=52:54:00:50:00:00 --file=/dev/VolGroup00/m5 + +Guest machine 2 (the machine to be installed via PXE+NFS) +Set up command: virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n e51 --vnc --accelerate --ram=128 --noreboot --os-type=linux --pxe –os-variant=rhel5 --mac=52:54:00:51:01:00 --file=/dev/VolGroup00/e51 + +============================================================================ +I try to use NFS under different situations to test. +Test 1) Try normal NFS mount. This test successes. +Test 2) Try to boot a diskless machine via PXE, use a NFS mount point at root. This test suffers the same problem + +At test 1) +NFS client mount an export of the NFS server, and use command "find ." to see if it runs smoothly. +Result: it runs smoothly for thousands of lines. + +Guest machine 3 (NFS server) +Kernel: 2.6.18-164.el5 +Set up command: virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n dm1 --vnc --accelerate --ram=256 --noreboot --os-type=linux --pxe --os-variant=rhel5 --mac=52:54:00:d1:00:00 --file=/dev/VolGroup00/dm1 + +NFS client is Guest machine 1 mentioned before. + +At test 2) +Set up a PXE server, write a customized initrd, in which init script uses "mkrootdev -t nfs -o nolock,ro" to set root directory on a NFS mount. + +Result: the client machine can boot, but very slowly, with numerous +nfs: server 192.168.122.110 OK +nfs: server 192.168.122.110 not responding, still trying + +NFS server: it is Guest machine 3 +Client to be booted: Guest machine 4 +Set up command: virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n de11 --vnc --accelerate --ram=128 --noreboot --os-type=linux --pxe –os-variant=rhel5 --nodisk --mac=52:54:00:d1:01:00 \ No newline at end of file |