On Tue, Feb 03, 2009, Les Mikesell wrote:
Isaac Hailperin wrote:
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:42 +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Isaac Hailperin wrote on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:45:44 +0100:
append initrd=distro/centos5.2/initrd.img ramdisk_size=7494 ks=http://9.0.0.1/all/profiles/cluto_centos5.2/cnode/ks.cfg
this is not enough, you have to tell PXE about the network, which nic to use etc. I think there is a tutorial about doing PXE instalaltions on the wiki.
You are right: "ksdevice=eth1" did the trick. Found at http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart
The order of NIC detection/naming at bootup seems to be more or less random as of Centos 5.x. How do you know which name to choose here?
I cheat and plug both NICs into switch(es) that will provide DHCP during installation, then sort out which is which once the install is complete. It's easy here as our in-house install server is on a public network, accessible via NAT from the private NIC so looking at the IP address assigned (public or private block) eliminates the ping-and-pull-cable test to figure out which NIC is which.
Bill