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wenbo828
March 11th, 2015, 09:05 AM
Hi guys,

A pxe installation problem has plagued me for days, that I can't successfully install ubuntu on a multiple nic machine.

eth0 mac: 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0
eth1 (cable plugged) mac: 00:cf:e0:31:da:e1

please check below information in red

pxelinux.cfg/default:

label 5
kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
ipappend 3
append initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz auto=true priority=critical boot=casper only-ubiquity vga=788 netboot=http httproot=http://172.16.2.220:81/instsvr/x86_64/ub12045_alt preseed/url=http://172.16.2.220:81/instsvr/kickstart/ubuntu.preseed netcfg/choose_interface=auto -- quiet splash


kernel options after pxe boot from syslog of failed installation:

Mar 11 13:24:14 kernel: [ 0.000000] Command line: initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz auto=true priority=critical boot=casper only-ubiquity vga=788 netboot=http httproot=http://172.16.2.220:81/instsvr/x86_64/ub12045_alt preseed/url=http://172.16.2.220:81/instsvr/kickstart/ubuntu.preseed netcfg/choose_interface=auto -- quiet splash BOOT_IMAGE=ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux ip=172.16.2.222:172.16.2.220:172.16.2.1:255.255.25 5.0 BOOTIF=01-00-cf-e0-31-da-e1

syslog (partial):

Mar 11 13:24:17 kernel: [ 16.045620] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
Mar 11 13:24:17 kernel: [ 16.045668] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Mar 11 13:24:17 kernel: [ 16.173590] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth1: link down
Mar 11 13:24:17 kernel: [ 16.173613] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth1: link down
Mar 11 13:24:17 kernel: [ 16.173647] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
......
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Flushing addresses and routes on interface: eth0
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Flushing addresses and routes on interface: eth1
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: INFO: Found interface eth1 with link-layer address 00:cf:e0:31:da:e1 :)
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: State is now 0 ](*,)
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Want link on eth0
Mar 11 13:24:19 kernel: [ 17.385134] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: link down
Mar 11 13:24:19 kernel: [ 17.385170] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:19 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:20 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:20 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:20 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:20 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:21 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:21 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:21 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:21 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Commencing network autoconfiguration on eth0
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: rdnssd started; PID: 1319
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:22 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:23 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:24 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: nc_v6_interface_configured(eth0, scope local)
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Running ip addr show eth0 to look for address
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: ip line: link/ether 00:cf:e0:31:da:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: INFO: No IPv6 support found... how does that happen?
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Stopping rdnssd, PID 1319
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: No RA received; attempting IPv4 autoconfig
Mar 11 13:24:25 netcfg[1288]: WARNING **: Started DHCP client; PID is 1345
Mar 11 13:24:26 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Mar 11 13:24:27 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Mar 11 13:24:28 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
Mar 11 13:24:30 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
Mar 11 13:24:34 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Mar 11 13:24:42 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
Mar 11 13:24:55 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: Reading nameservers from /etc/resolv.conf
Mar 11 13:24:56 netcfg[1288]: DEBUG: State is now 3
Mar 11 13:25:05 kernel: [ 63.883238] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
Mar 11 13:25:09 netcfg[1288]: INFO: executing: ip addr add 172.16.2.223/24 broadcast 172.16.2.255 dev eth0
Mar 11 13:25:09 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:09 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:10 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:10 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:10 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:10 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:11 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:11 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:11 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:12 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:12 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.
Mar 11 13:25:12 netcfg[1288]: INFO: ethtool-lite: eth0 is disconnected.


Even the option "ipappend 3" provided the right ip address and bootif mac address to kernel, the installer would stop and said no usable interface. But if I plug cable to eth0, the installation will finish automatically without any errors.

Has anyone experienced or solved this kind of problem?
wenbo828
March 12th, 2015, 03:35 AM
No one knows?
Mike_Ohlhausen
March 12th, 2015, 08:41 AM
I remember have a similar issue with Linux in the past, I had to have different nics for some reason, not sure why when both being the same should work fine. I believe that had to do with the driver getting 'confused'. Did you try to disable the one you aren't connected to to force the other to work? Just reading "Want link on eth0" sounds like something is hardcoded to go to eth0 rather than the first one with a connection...