[CentOS] Re: %include command in Kickstart

[Al Sparks]

> Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 6:33 PM:
>>> Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 4:44 PM:
>>>>> One of the images (in Nahant) is to boot off the CD and install
>>>>> from the network.
>>>>>
>>>>> That should work BUT I've only used it to get the entire ks file
>>>>> off the LAN. Booting from a CD is quick and easy (provided you
>>>>> have a CD drive as in this instance).
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably the %include will work fairly easily if the original ks file's
>>>>> obtained via NFS; otherwise I suspect you'll need to do the mount;
>>>>> in %pre
>>>> How would I access the whole ks.cfg file on an nfs w/o dhcp?
>>>>
>>>> That would be ideal.
>>>>    === Al
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Assign an ip address during the boot process, and have everything
>>> referenced by ip address, instead of names.
>>
>> At the boot prompt, I did the following:
>>
>>    linux ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.254.254.125
>>    netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.254.254.1
>>    dns=10.1.1.21 ks=nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ks.cfg
>>
>> I get a blue screen with
>>    "Welcome to CentOS-4 i386"
>> in the left upper corner, with the typical navigation key
>> instructions at the bottom.  It just hangs there.
>>
>> I ping the IP address above, and get no pongs.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>    === Al
>>
>>
>>
> Dont you also need a
> method=nfs:nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ for
> anaconda to get loaded?
> Just a guess as I haven't done any kickstart installs, so no
> flames if I'm talking out of my you know what!

I'm coming to the conclusion that RH, and by extension, CentOS just won't allow
you to use a kickstart file over the network w/o DHCP.

I can and have used NFS as long as I place the kickstart file on the CD itself.

That's a pain.
   === Al