On 5/27/05 1:55 PM, Lee W wrote:
Hey Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has managed to do a network install where the kickstart file is located either on an FTP site (which is also where the packages are stored) or on a USB flash drive.
I've tried starting the installer with "linux ks=/dev/sda/ks.cfg" or "linux ks=/dev/sda1/ks.cfg" or "linux ks=ftp://what.ever.Ip.address/pub/ks.cfg" but when the installer starts I just gen error (something) like "null: bad address.
At the risk of not answering the question you asked, I've had no trouble at all serving kickstart configs from http servers, e.g.,
linux ks=http://www.bar.com/kickstart/thisprofile-ks.cfg
In most cases, the web server hosting the kickstart file was *not* the repository (which tended to be a read-only NFS mount somewhere else on the network).