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

Tue Feb 3 13:45:44 UTC 2009
Isaac Hailperin <ihailper at transtec.de>

Hello list,

I try to do an automated network installation of centos 5.2, following
the redat documentation at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/pt-install-info.html
However, when installing I get promptet for various things, like which
network interface I would like to use for installation, or the location
of the install medium. But thats not what I wanted, I want to start the
boot process, and then leave the box untill it is installed.

What I did:
First a manual install form DVD. I then used the kickstart
file /root/anaconda-ks.cfg for a network installation.
I changed the install line from cdrom to url:

install url --url http://9.0.0.1/all/repository/CentOS5.2

This url contains the whole DVD (and can be viewed in a webbrowser).
Then I generated the following entry in my pxe control file (default):

LABEL centos5.2_cluto_cnode
  MENU LABEL CentOS 5.2 cluto ^node
  kernel distro/centos5.2/vmlinuz
  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 part of a boot menue, therefor the MENU entry. The url of the
kickstart file is also valid, I can wget it.

Now since I get asked all these questions at boot time, I suspect that
the kickstart file is not there to answer these questions.

I would be greatful for any suggestions on how to further debug or solve
this.

Isaac




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