On 2011/05/19 09:08, Brett Viren wrote:
> "Toshiaki Shingu"<[log in to unmask]>  writes:
>
>> I installed SL 5.6 beta 2 to three nodes using PXE boot.
>> ip addresses were obtained by dhcp, so all nodes have diferent ips.
>> After the successful installation hostid command returns the same
>> value '007f0100' on all machines.
>
> This happens when you have the host name in /etc/hosts bound to
> 127.0.0.1.  Edit that file so it has the FQDN attached to the IP number
> for your NIC.  For eg, here is mine:
>
> head -2 /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1	localhost
> 130.199.36.67	lycastus.phy.bnl.gov	lycastus
>
> -Brett.

Incidentally the file /etc/sysconfig/network sets the host name with
this line:
HOSTNAME=scientific.wizardess.wiz

{^_^}  Joanne