Netmount failed - No DHCP

Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Hello,

I'm trying to get DHCP to work (Well, the "easiest" connection anyway) so i can connect to the internet.

I went through the handbook during install, i reboot without the LiveCD and have no network/internet.
In the boot up it shows "Starting DHCP... netmount failed" or something similar.

Ive tried setting the netowrk up again but no luck, if anyone can help me i will be very pleased, thanks

egberts · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

I posted troubleshooting for eth0 failure, but you say netmount....

Try this

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-310169-highlight-.html
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Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Its worked before, it seems i don't have netowrk at all, is there a way i cna get net-setup like installer or some configuration file to fix it or anything?

egberts · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject:

Try the steps I gave and report back the result....

I'll try and help you diagnose this problem.
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yaneurabeya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle

Have you emerged dhcpcd and make the relevant configuration modifications to your /etc/conf.d file? Also, your network card's kernel driver is loaded on boot, correct?

Please copy your /etc/conf.d file here.

ToastedBagel · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

I am having a similar problem, where DHCP got screwed up, and I unemerged and re-emerged it (dhcpcd).

But now it won't connect on boot. I can still connect by typing (as root): dhcpcd eth0 -HD -t 10

but that is of course annoying and tedious to do EVERY BOOT.
I just need to know where the info has to go: in /etc/init.d/net.eth0 ? Would should it look like?

yaneurabeya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle

Modify that in your /etc/conf.d/net file like so...

ToastedBagel · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

yaneurabeya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle

Wait... isn't it -hD?

ToastedBagel · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

what's the difference?

egberts · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:56 am Post subject:

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Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Errm.. i'm really confused on what i should do here XD

If anyone can just give me simple (n00b style) steps i'll be good to go. ^_^;

StrCrssd · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: Same Problem

I'm having this same problem.

It appears to bring net.eth0 up during the "boot" part of the cycle, then brings it down (improperly) due to a netmount problem, then up again during the "default" runlevel. During the default runlevel, it encounters the leftover pid file from the first attempt and bails.

I'm working on it now.
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Sith_Happens · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject:

Running dhcpcd -d eth0 then running dmesg could give you some additional information.
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Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Hey, is there anything i can do while i'm in knoppix, its a real pain to keep rebooting all the time.

Sith_Happens · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject:

Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Ok, my conf.d/net is:
# /etc/conf.d/net:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/net,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $

# Global config file for net.* rc-scripts

# This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface
#
iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#iface_eth1="207.170.82.202 broadcast 207.0.255.255 netmask 255.255.0.0"

# For DHCP set iface_eth? to "dhcp"
# For passing options to dhcpcd use dhcpcd_eth?
#
iface_eth0="dhcp"
dhcpcd_eth0="HD"
dhcpcd_eth0="-N"

# For adding aliases to a interface
#
#alias_eth0="192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4"

# NB: The next is only used for aliases.
#
# To add a custom netmask/broadcast address to created aliases,
# uncomment and change accordingly. Leave commented to assign
# defaults for that interface.
#
#broadcast_eth0="192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255"
#netmask_eth0="255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0"

# For setting the default gateway
#
#gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1"

Sith_Happens · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject:

Comment out this line:

yaneurabeya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle

Which is what I suggested doing initially. Please read my directions about posting your conf accordingly if you want to be helped in a timely manner.

Note: Having your interface line uncommented doesn't do anything. It's the double dhcpcd_eth0 part that's confusing the rc script. Believe me, I've tried

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Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Ok well i changed the conf.d/net

Nothing changed, netmount still doesn't start. Will it be a good idea to re-emerge it?
Or any other suggestion would be nice.

Daishi · n00b Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 40

Hey Buck1, I've been having the exact same problem as you for the past few days, check this post it solved the problem for me..

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-308930-highlight-netmount.html

Hope that helps.

-Fredric

Buck1 · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 20

Yay, i fixed it... sort of.

I got it working finally and i'm posting using Gentoo! yay!

to fix it, I just reinstalled, not the best idea, but it worked.