I don't know if there is another way or not, but in order to get by this problem on my system, I had to add the host to DNS. HTH, Mike On Tuesday 21 November 2000 00:56, you wrote: > > hello everybody, > > after making a bootdisk using the bootnet.img on the redhat 6.2 cd-rom > and making a correct ks.cfg file i get the following error > > * reverse name lookup failed > > in my ks.cfg i didn't define a name server, only an IP-address and a > netmask > > network --bootproto static --ip 10.10.10.111 --netmask 255.255.255.0 > > do you must have a nameserver/dns in your network, or can you in stall > in without a name/dns-server. > > > > > Erik de Mare ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; charset="US-ASCII"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: ----------------------------------------