[CentOS] Re: %include command in Kickstart

Fri Feb 16 02:33:30 UTC 2007
Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com>

>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