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. The ALT-F2 keys didn't seem to work, and it hung up the install, though I'm willing to try alternative suggestions. CTL-ALT-F2 does get me a shell prompt, if I do it during a pause. What I've finally done is set up a vfat partition on the on the server itself. That way, when I do a clearpart --linux in the ks.cfg it doesn't bother that vfat. Leaving the ks.cfg on there allows me to try different kickstart configurations with that server w/o having to make coasters each time. Once I find kickstarts I like, I don't mind placing them on a CD. Thanks for the help. Even though I didn't accomplish what I was originally looking for, I learned a lot trying everyone's suggestions. === Al