On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Dan Hyatt <dhyatt at dsgmail.wustl.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe > cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server. > Bummer. > I have both my kickstart file and my iso image for centos6.5 on my vmware > datastore, but am trying to run my kickstart file from VMware guest. > Include your ks file as part of your ISO image. > > Can I tell the command line to run from the datastore in VMWare? Or must I > convert my kickstart file to a floppy image to run from VMware console? > The vmware datastore is not a supported medium for retrieving a kickstart file (http and others are). Include your ks as part of your ISO .. which means unpacking, add files, and repacking the ISO. > > I have the centos image on the DVD mounted from my datastore. Now I need > to convert the kickstart file to a floppy image to mount on the server from > my datastore > > > This is what google and VMWare keeps telling me but it does not make sense > unless I am copying off a floppy.... > What I am trying to do is turn the kickstart file into a floppy image so I > can kickstart off the floppy in vmware. > > Create a disk image from the physical drive: > cat /dev/fd0 > imagefile.img > > Copy image to the physical drive: > cat imagefile.img > /dev/fd0 > > Help figuring out that silly little piece that is keeping me from building > a VM guest from my kickstart file is much appreciated. > * And John Pierce's suggestion to create your own PXE virtual network is a flexible and more ideal scenario in my opinion. -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //