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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m trying kickstart on CentOS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Below is my ks.cfg</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>[root@localhost
~]# cat /root/ks.cfg</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Generated
by Kickstart Configurator</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#platform=x86,
AMD64, or Intel EM64T</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#System<span> </span>language</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">lang en_US</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Language
modules to install</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">langsupport
en_US</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#System
keyboard</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">keyboard us</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#System
mouse</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">mouse</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Sytem
timezone</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">timezone
Asia/Dili</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Root
password</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">rootpw
--iscrypted $1$597tHcci$7GOVXzr92.Ce5IaqnXZA30</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Reboot
after installation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">reboot</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Use text
mode install</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">text</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Install OS
instead of upgrade</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">install</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Use Web
installation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">url --url
<a href="ftp://192.168.0.1/pub/" target="_blank">ftp://192.168.0.1/pub/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#System bootloader
configuration</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">bootloader
--location=mbr</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Clear the
Master Boot Record</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">zerombr yes</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Partition
clearing information</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">clearpart
--all --initlabel</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Disk
partitioning information</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">part /boot
--fstype ext3 --size 100</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">part swap
--size 1987</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">part /
--fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#System
authorization infomation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">auth<span> </span>--useshadow<span>
</span>--enablemd5</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Network
information</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">network
--bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Firewall
configuration</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">firewall
--disabled</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#SELinux
configuration</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">selinux
--disabled</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Do not configure
XWindows</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">skipx</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#Package
install information</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">%packages
--resolvedeps</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@
gnome-desktop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@
kde-desktop</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@ editors</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@
engineering-and-scientific</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@
graphical-internet</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">@
text-internet</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>[root@localhost ~]#<span> </span>cat /etc/dhcpd.conf</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">ddns-update-style
interim;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">ignore
client-updates;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">subnet
192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"># ---
default gateway</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>option routers<span> </span>192.168.0.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>option subnet-mask<span> </span>255.255.255.0;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option nis-domain<span> </span>"<a href="http://domain.org" target="_blank">domain.org</a>";</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option domain-name<span> </span>"<a href="http://domain.org" target="_blank">domain.org</a>";</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option domain-name-servers<span> </span>192.168.1.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option time-offset<span> </span>-18000; # Eastern Standard Time</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option ntp-servers<span> </span>192.168.1.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option netbios-name-servers<span> </span>192.168.1.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"># ---
Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change this unless</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"># -- you
understand Netbios very well</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<span> </span>option netbios-node-type 2;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128
192.168.0.254;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>default-lease-time 21600;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>max-lease-time 43200;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#filename
"/var/ftp/pub/";</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#next-server
192.168.0.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">allow
booting;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">allow bootp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">class
"pxeclients" {</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>match if substring(option
vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>next-server 192.168.0.1;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span> </span>filename
"linux-install/pxelinux.0";</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">}</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>FTP server showing ks file accessable by
ananomous users via browser</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Can’t find
what I’m doing wrong</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Kickstart
installation stops with error </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Kickstart error<span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Error opening kickstart file (null) bad
address<span> </span></b></p>
<br><b>Tried same with NFS also but their also getting
<span> </span>the same error.</b><br><br>Please suggest....<br><br clear="all"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Warm Regards,</span><br style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Anshul Chauhan</span><br style="font-family:georgia,serif">
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