[CentOS] Re: centos] Kickstart from FTP or USB

[Lee W]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>Yes.  DHCP is the successor to BOOTP that offers a superset of its
>functionality.  But in the original BOOTP functionality, you would pass
>the filename the BOOTP client would retrieve from a TFTP server so it
>could boot.  The file was then booted.
>
>This is how we have been installing workstations/servers in the UNIX
>world for 2+ _decades_ -- BOOTP+TFTP (plus, typically, an NFS mount).
>The PC only adopted it in more recent years.
>
>E.g., Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) sets up the same
>thing (although uses a SMB mount after the BOOTP+TFTP).
>  
>

Thanks.

So I guess I should take this as:-

 No, it is not possible just to put the ks file onto an FTP server along 
with the install file.  I have to have a proper DHCP server and TFTP.

What a bummer.

Regards

Lee