[UniMacTech] 10.5.2 Leopard Server Netboot issue

Kai Mohrholz K.Mohrholz at griffith.edu.au
Tue Mar 18 17:15:16 EST 2008 

Thanks, Tony & Sherry

Server and Client are on the same subnet. I will chat to the networking 
chaps and see what can be done.
I'm a firm beliver that it is 10.5.2 that's at fault but at least as a 
back up plan I can boot from a 10.4 G4 server and multicast from the 
10.5.2 box... provided mcast hasn't been broke as well.

Viva 10.5.3!!! for so so so many reasons.


Regards,
Kai

Kai Mohrholz
Music Technology Technical Support
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Griffith University
16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101.
P.O. Box 3428

Phone: (07) 3735 6278
Email: k.mohrholz at griffith.edu.au

"I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more Cowbell."



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18/03/08 03:51 PM
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I've had exactly the same problem [on two different servers], and I 
think it's a Leopard Server issue.

My only solution to date is to initially image the machines using Disk 
Utility with the master image on a local hard drive.  Once they are 
bootable and on the net, and I need to reimage them, I have a 
mechanism to remotely send them commands over ssh to set the boot time 
nvram variables so that the netboot server and boot volume are 
specifically stored in the boot variables, and then (again, over SSH) 
I tell them to reboot.  These netboots always work.  So it seems to be 
a problem with the "discovery" side of netbooting.

Maybe 10.5.3 will fix this... (hope springs eternal).

Cheers,

                 Tony


On 18/03/2008, at 3:39 PM, Kai Mohrholz wrote:

>
> Hi All
>
> I'm wondering if anyone out there has had success with Netboot from 
> 10.5.2 Server. If you have, some assistance would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>
> I running Netboot from a 2.4Ghz Xserve which shipped with Leopard. I 
> have created the universal .nbi files using both System image 
> utility and Netrestore 3.4.3.
> On the client machine I can select the netboot image from the 
> startup disk selection is sys prefs. However, when the client 
> machine boots it only gets as far as the blinking globe and 
> eventually gives up in disgust and continues to boot from the 
> internal HD.
>
> I have tested the .nbi files from an older Xserve running 10.4.10 
> and they successfully boot the client computer. So it must have 
> something to do with either the server config or Netboot on 10.5.2.
>
> I have looked at Apple Discussions pages and Bombich forum to see if 
> other users are experiencing the same issue and some are, but in so 
> far no solutions.
>
> The following is the netboot log from the server, perhaps someone 
> could point something out that I'm missing and get me bootin' along. 
> I have bolded the lines I think are a relevant to the issue but have 
> gotten stuck. /etc/bootptab does not exist on the server There is 
> only bootpd.plist. Some thing that stumps me is why the log shows a 
> reply to 0.0.0.0 IP when from the log the server clearly is 
> establishing a communication with the client when the boot selection 
> is made from sys pref,  but the client boot process begins 
> communication is lost.
>
> As a note: IP filtering is not enabled for netboot and no machine 
> limitations have been put into the .nbi. DHCP is not running from 
> the netboot server, another server at the uni is responsible for DHCP.
>
> Some insights and assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.
>
>
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: server starting
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: can't open /etc/bootptab
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: server name server_n.dns.name.au
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: interface en0: ip nn.nn.55.10 
> mask 255.255.255.0
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: bsdpd: shadow file size will 
> be set to 48 megabytes
> Mar 17 17:32:05 server_n bootpd[219]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00
> Mar 17 17:32:08 server_n bootpd[219]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,0:1d:4f:4a: 
> 71:a8 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro3,1
> Mar 17 17:32:08 server_n bootpd[219]: NetBoot: [1,0:1d:4f:4a:71:a8] 
> BSDP ACK[LIST] sent nn.nn.55.17 pktsize 320
> Mar 17 17:32:08 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000327 seconds
> Mar 17 17:32:12 server_n bootpd[219]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,0:1d:4f:4a: 
> 71:a8 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro3,1
> Mar 17 17:32:12 server_n bootpd[219]: NetBoot: [1,0:1d:4f:4a:71:a8] 
> BSDP ACK[LIST] sent nn.nn.55.17 pktsize 320
> Mar 17 17:32:12 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000185 seconds
> Mar 17 17:32:16 server_n bootpd[219]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,0:1d:4f:4a: 
> 71:a8 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro3,1
> Mar 17 17:32:16 server_n bootpd[219]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/ 
> NetBoot/NetBootSP0/NetInstall of Mac OS X Install Disc 1.nbi/i386/ 
> booter
> Mar 17 17:32:16 server_n bootpd[219]: NetBoot: [1,0:1d:4f:4a:71:a8] 
> BSDP ACK[SELECT] sent nn.nn.55.17 pktsize 410
> Mar 17 17:32:16 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.063901 seconds
> Mar 17 17:33:28 server_n bootpd[219]: BSDP DISCOVER [en0] 1,0:1d:4f: 
> 4a:71:a8 NetBoot002 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro3,1
> Mar 17 17:33:28 server_n bootpd[219]: replyfile /private/tftpboot/ 
> NetBoot/NetBootSP0/NetInstall of Mac OS X Install Disc 1.nbi/i386/ 
> booter
> Mar 17 17:33:28 server_n bootpd[219]: replying to 0.0.0.0
> Mar 17 17:33:28 server_n bootpd[219]: BSDP OFFER sent [1,0:1d:4f:4a: 
> 71:a8] pktsize 407
> Mar 17 17:33:28 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.001045 seconds
> Mar 17 17:33:29 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000015 seconds
> Mar 17 17:33:46 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000006 seconds
> Mar 17 17:33:47 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000005 seconds
> Mar 17 17:33:53: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
> Mar 17 17:33:53 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000006 seconds
> Mar 17 17:34:01 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000007 seconds
> Mar 17 17:34:36 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000009 seconds
> Mar 17 17:34:39: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
> Mar 17 17:34:39 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000005 seconds
> Mar 17 17:35:09: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
> Mar 17 17:35:18 server_n bootpd[219]: service time 0.000017 seconds
>
>
> Regards,
> Kai
>
> Kai Mohrholz
> Music Technology Technical Support
> Queensland Conservatorium of Music
> Griffith University
> 16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101.
> P.O. Box 3428
>
> Phone: (07) 3735 6278
> Email: k.mohrholz at griffith.edu.au
>
> "I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more 
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Tony Gray
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School of Computing & Information Systems, University of Tasmania
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