On 2/16/07, Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > 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! > > I'm coming to the conclusion that RH, and by extension, CentOS just won't allow > you to use a kickstart file over the network w/o DHCP. > > I can and have used NFS as long as I place the kickstart file on the CD itself. > > That's a pain. First look at the debugging screens ALT-F3-> ALT-F6. Is the installer complaining. We mostly use kickstarts via HTTP so I havent tried NFS in a long while. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"