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? Phil -- To err, is human To never grow up, is divine