Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Yes. DHCP is the successor to BOOTP that offers a superset of its functionality. But in the original BOOTP functionality, you would pass the filename the BOOTP client would retrieve from a TFTP server so it could boot. The file was then booted.
This is how we have been installing workstations/servers in the UNIX world for 2+ _decades_ -- BOOTP+TFTP (plus, typically, an NFS mount). The PC only adopted it in more recent years.
E.g., Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) sets up the same thing (although uses a SMB mount after the BOOTP+TFTP).
Thanks.
So I guess I should take this as:-
No, it is not possible just to put the ks file onto an FTP server along with the install file. I have to have a proper DHCP server and TFTP.
Nope, it's not true. I have ftp server, and in root directory I have all ks files for my servers. It is the same ftp server that servers as repository for ks instalations (every distribution has it's own subfolder). All i have to do is boot server from instalation CD, on boot prompt enter:
linux ..ks=ftp://192.168.10.10/ks.cfg ....
and in ks.cfg there is something like (i type this from head, search for exact line):
url ftp://192.168.10.10/distrib1
and that's it
So I guess I should take this as:-
No, it is not possible just to put the ks file onto an FTP server along with the install file. I have to have a proper DHCP server and TFTP.
Nope, it's not true. I have ftp server, and in root directory I have all ks files for my servers. It is the same ftp server that servers as repository for ks instalations (every distribution has it's own subfolder). All i have to do is boot server from instalation CD, on boot prompt enter:
linux ..ks=ftp://192.168.10.10/ks.cfg ....
and in ks.cfg there is something like (i type this from head, search for exact line):
url ftp://192.168.10.10/distrib1
and that's it
That is how I thought it should work, but it just wouldn't ( for me)
Anyways, I rechecked the RH docs and it turns out you can use HTTP for the kickstart files so I managed to get an autoinstall by using "linux ks=http://my.ip.address/kickstart/ksfile.ks". In theory it turns out that it should also be possible to have the config on a USB flash by using something like "linux ks=hd:sda1:/ksfile.ks" but I haven't tried that yet.
If anyone else is interested, the link with all the available options is http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s...
Thanks for all the posts, at least I've got somewhere.
Regards
Lee
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 12:39 +0100, Lee W wrote:
So I guess I should take this as:-
No, it is not possible just to put the ks file onto an FTP server along with the install file. I have to have a proper DHCP server and TFTP.
Nope, it's not true. I have ftp server, and in root directory I have all ks files for my servers. It is the same ftp server that servers as repository for ks instalations (every distribution has it's own subfolder). All i have to do is boot server from instalation CD, on boot prompt enter:
linux ..ks=ftp://192.168.10.10/ks.cfg ....
and in ks.cfg there is something like (i type this from head, search for exact line):
url ftp://192.168.10.10/distrib1
and that's it
That is how I thought it should work, but it just wouldn't ( for me)
Anyways, I rechecked the RH docs and it turns out you can use HTTP for the kickstart files so I managed to get an autoinstall by using "linux ks=http://my.ip.address/kickstart/ksfile.ks". In theory it turns out that it should also be possible to have the config on a USB flash by using something like "linux ks=hd:sda1:/ksfile.ks" but I haven't tried that yet.
If anyone else is interested, the link with all the available options is http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s...
Another place to look is here: http://rau.homedns.org/twiki/bin/view/Anaconda/AnacondaISOLINUXOptions
(all ISOLINUX kernel line options)
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