[CentOS] Problems with x86_64 kickstart

Sat Aug 12 13:52:39 UTC 2006
Mats Karlsson <mats.o.karlsson at gmail.com>

Tru Huynh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 05:33:39PM -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote:
>   
>> I have successfully set up a very nice kickstart install with the i386 
>> version of CentOS 4.3 and it works great. I am  using a custom kickstart 
>>     
> ...
>   
>>   0.522788 192.168.0.201 -> 192.168.0.7  TFTP Read Request, File: 
>> linux-install/CentOS4.3/x86_64/vmlinuz, Transfer type: octet
>>   2.487047 192.168.0.201 -> 192.168.0.7  TFTP Read Request, File: 
>> linux-install/CentOS4.3/x86_64/initrd.img, Transfer type: octet
>>
>> But then it never tries to get the ks.cfg. I am booting it with:
>>
>> label centos
>>   kernel CentOS4.3/x86_64/vmlinuz
>>   append initrd=CentOS4.3/x86_64/initrd.img ramdisk_size=7000 
>> ksdevice=eth0 ks=http://192.168.0.7/network-install/ks.cfg.x86_64
>>
>> (that last line should be all one line)
>>
>>     
> Are you sure your ksdevice is eth0? 
> could it be i386->eth0 and x86_64->eth1
>
> /usr/share/doc/anaconda-10.1.1.37
> ...
> ksdevice        Takes one of 4 types of argument which tells install
>                 what network device to use for kickstart from network:
> ...
>                 - An argument like 00:12:34:56:78:9a indicating the
>                   MAC address of a specific interface
>                 - The keyword `link' indicating that the first
>                   interface with link up
> ...
>
> ksdevice=00:0c:29:14:3a:c5 or ksdevice=link ? 
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tru

I have made a boot cdrom and in that one I use these switches for append 
(and it is working for both i386 and x86_64) :
append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 
ks=http://192.168.10.241/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 nofirewire nopcmcia 
skipddc noparport

I tried the ksdevice=link but that didn't work.

What is the output from the Alt+F3(or was it F4) when you boot your 
kickstart install ?


/Mats
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