On 12/07/2013 05:15 AM, psavoie1783 wrote: > On 06/12/13 09:37 PM, Patrick Lists wrote: >> On 12/07/2013 02:39 AM, psavoie1783 wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have a marvel chipset for my wired laptop connection. It uses the >>> kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm driver at elrepo. >>> >>> I would like to use this driver to activate the wired connection to >>> kickstart my laptop as I have pxe booting set upon my home network. >>> >>> Could anyone please enlighten me as to how to get the drivers/firmware >>> from this package loaded on my laqptop so I can use kickstart to load >>> the OS, please? >> >> Add a local apache/httpd powered repo to your kickstart: >> >> repo --name="sk98 repo" >> --baseurl="http://myrepo/CentOS/6/x86_64/kmod-sk98lin-10.93.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm" >> >> 'myrepo' is the pxe/kickstart server hostname and the kmod-sk98lin rpm >> driver has been copied to /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64. >> >> Make sure httpd is running >> # service httpd start >> >> Run createrepo: >> # cd /var/www/html/CentOS/6/x86_64/ >> # createrepo -v -d . >> >> Fire up laptop and kickstart it. >> >> Regards, >> Patrick > > Thank you Patrick, > > I am pxe booting off the marvel card and in order to be able to do what > you suggest, I think I need the driver to be installed to get the > kickstart file first. Otherwise, how would the installer get it? Sorry, misread the question. I guess you need to create a driver disk. Google how to create them or check these links: http://serverfault.com/questions/374870/how-to-build-a-driver-disk-for-an-anaconda-install-centos-6 http://www.ruizs.org/archives/49 And when booting you need something like linux dd=<url_to_driver.img> Regards, Patrick