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! -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!