[CentOS] Re: %include command in Kickstart

[Scott Silva]

Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 6:33 PM:
>> Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 4:44 PM:
>>>> One of the images (in Nahant) is to boot off the CD and install
>>>> from the network.
>>>>
>>>> That should work BUT I've only used it to get the entire ks file
>>>> off the LAN. Booting from a CD is quick and easy (provided you
>>>> have a CD drive as in this instance).
>>>>
>>>> Probably the %include will work fairly easily if the original ks file's
>>>> obtained via NFS; otherwise I suspect you'll need to do the mount;
>>>> in %pre
>>> How would I access the whole ks.cfg file on an nfs w/o dhcp?
>>>
>>> That would be ideal.
>>>    === Al
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Assign an ip address during the boot process, and have everything
>> referenced by ip address, instead of names.
> 
> At the boot prompt, I did the following:
> 
>    linux ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.254.254.125 
>    netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.254.254.1 
>    dns=10.1.1.21 ks=nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ks.cfg
> 
> I get a blue screen with
>    "Welcome to CentOS-4 i386"
> in the left upper corner, with the typical navigation key
> instructions at the bottom.  It just hangs there.
> 
> I ping the IP address above, and get no pongs.
> 
> Suggestions?
>    === Al
> 
> 
> 
Dont you also need a
method=nfs:nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ for anaconda to
get loaded?
Just a guess as I haven't done any kickstart installs, so no flames if I'm
talking out of my you know what!


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