"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.