[CentOS] Kickstart from FTP or USB

Fri May 27 21:10:46 UTC 2005
Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>

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).

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