So back to the question... If I unpack my iso image, and add a kickstart file, then I have to do this every change I make to the kickstart file. But if I convert the kickstart file into a floppy image, then I don't need an iso image for every build..I just have tiny kickstart images. So back to the question, do we know how to convert a kickstart file into a floppy image. This will solve the "unsupported" datastore problem. On 10/17/2014 5:10 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Dan Hyatt <dhyatt at dsgmail.wustl.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe >> cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server. >> > Bummer. > > >> I have both my kickstart file and my iso image for centos6.5 on my vmware >> datastore, but am trying to run my kickstart file from VMware guest. >> > Include your ks file as part of your ISO image. > > >> Can I tell the command line to run from the datastore in VMWare? Or must I >> convert my kickstart file to a floppy image to run from VMware console? >> > The vmware datastore is not a supported medium for retrieving a kickstart > file (http and others are). > > Include your ks as part of your ISO .. which means unpacking, add files, > and repacking the ISO. > > >> I have the centos image on the DVD mounted from my datastore. Now I need >> to convert the kickstart file to a floppy image to mount on the server from >> my datastore >> >> >> This is what google and VMWare keeps telling me but it does not make sense >> unless I am copying off a floppy.... >> What I am trying to do is turn the kickstart file into a floppy image so I >> can kickstart off the floppy in vmware. >> >> Create a disk image from the physical drive: >> cat /dev/fd0 > imagefile.img >> >> Copy image to the physical drive: >> cat imagefile.img > /dev/fd0 >> >> Help figuring out that silly little piece that is keeping me from building >> a VM guest from my kickstart file is much appreciated. >> > > * And John Pierce's suggestion to create your own PXE virtual network is a > flexible and more ideal scenario in my opinion. >