[CentOS] kickstart won't kick-off via network

Ian Forde wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>>> append initrd=distro/centos5.2/initrd.img ramdisk_size=7494
>>>>> ks=http://9.0.0.1/all/profiles/cluto_centos5.2/cnode/ks.cfg
>>>> this is not enough, you have to tell PXE about the network, which nic
>>>> to
>>>> use etc. I think there is a tutorial about doing PXE instalaltions on
>>>> the
>>>> wiki.
>>>>
>>> You are right: "ksdevice=eth1" did the trick.
>>> Found at
>>> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart
>> The order of NIC detection/naming at bootup seems to be more or less 
>> random as of Centos 5.x.  How do you know which name to choose here?
> 
> In order to avoid this, you can use the "ksdevice=bootif" to use the
> interface from which the system booted...

I'd like to be able to boot from a CD or usb drive into a kickstart 
re-install in remote locations that don't have network booting 
infrastructure and just enough hands-on expertise to insert a CD or USB 
key - and have some way to get the several NICs re-assigned their 
corresponding IP addresses.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com