Bug#656696: [installation-reports] third NIC could not get address via DHCP to enable install
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst ISO
Image version:
Date: 2012-01-20
Machine: VirtualBox
Processor: i7-930
Memory: 8GB (host), 512MB (guest)
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 jfs 7961152 840400 7120752 11% /
tmpfs tmpfs 254576 4 254572 1% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 249776 152 249624 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 254576 0 254576 0% /dev/shm
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef]
00:04.0 System peripheral [0880]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
VirtualBox Guest Service [80ee:cafe]
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
[8086:7113] (rev 08)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Copper) [8086:100f] (rev 02)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Copper) [8086:100f] (rev 02)
00:11.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Copper) [8086:100f] (rev 02)
00:18.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
[8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:19.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
[8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC
Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM
(ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid
USB [106b:003f]
00:1f.5 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
(ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c]
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I used VirtualBox to install a Squeeze guest VM. The configuration had
three NICs: eth0 and eth1 are internal networks (with no DHCP) and
eth2 is NAT'd with DHCP. Even though I selected eth2 in the installer,
DHCP failed. I went back into the VM configuration and disabled eth0
and eth1, leaving eth2 with the NAT active. I was then able to
install. Afterwards I shut down, re-enabled eth0 and eth1, booted, and
fixed up udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and
/etc/network/interfaces and everything worked fine.
I wonder if there is something in the installer that prevents the
third interface from being able to successfully get an address via
DHCP. (I didn't try doing the same but with only two interfaces: one
with NAT and DHCP and the other without as I have successfully
installed in that configuration before on physical hardware.)
--
Mark Gardner
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