[CentOS] Kickstart
Gerald Waugh
gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com
Thu Apr 14 03:50:19 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 23:34 -0400, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 11:38 -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> > When booting form USB sticks, I was simply using "linux
> > ks=hd:sdN:/ks.cfg" or something similar (with N being whatever was
> > assigned by kernel to the stick, usually "0" if there were no SCSI/SATA
> > devices in the system)... I believe that Anaconda is supposed to load
> > USB device drivers before attempting to access kickstart file. You
> > might check this link for various options on telling Anaconda where the
> > kickstart file is:
>
> Thanks for your help (Patience)
> Well, it is weird, the server boots up off the usb cdrom but somehow
> just before anaconda loads the drive is disconnected. Now there is a
> little delay at "anaconda loading" if I pull the usb cdrom plug and
> reinsert it during that interval anaconda loads a usb driver and my
> ks.cfg runs.
>
> The same thing happens in a text install when I select "Load from cdrom"
> it ask for a driver, I select usb-storage, and it can't find the usb
> cdrom, again if I pull the plug and reinsert it, it will find it. Maybe
> the usb cdrom I am using (TDK).
>
> I still have that issue with the RAID1 (md0) not booting though. I read
> your article about that issue, tried it but could not get it to work,
> and you recommended using lilo, but there is no option to use lilo in
> the install.
>
Oops! We also use Turbo Linux Appliance Server OS on these servers,
their CD works and I did find "lilo --location mbr" in their ks.cfg so I
guess that answers my question about lilo.... maybe ;)
Gerald
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