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