On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Stephen Bolinger declared the following: > Thanks all for your comments. Unfortunately, I still do have it working. > Previously, I was attempting to use a ks.cfg on the floppy. I tried to load > the ks.cfg from the nfs server, but I get the error that it can't find file > "/tmp/ks.cfg". Is it supposed to be in a /tmp dir under the nfs share or is > this just something that it tries when it can't connect to the nfs server? /tmp/ks.cfg is the where the local copy of the kickstart resides during installation. > > I also tried switching to a basic linux nfs server (rather than connecting > to the netapp directly). Still with the same results though. > > So to recap, I made the modification to syslinux.cfg to be: > default kickstart > prompt 1 > timeout 2 > label kickstart > kernel vmlinuz > append ks=nfs:192.168.1.90:/mnt/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img network Switch to Alt-F3 when you get the error screen and see what's reported there. Post the error messages if it isn't apparent to you what the problem is. > > The setup starts, prompts me for which ethernet card (eth0, eth1, eth2), I > select eth0 then it tells me is can't find "/tmp/ks.cfg". By this time, > it's already leased an IP and bound it to eth0 (I can ping it). Any more > ideas? Should I switch to ftp? Wouldn't help. FTP is an option as your installation method, but it is not an option for downloading the kickstart file. > > Thanks! > > -Stephen Bolinger > > When I boot to the > > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Stephen Bolinger wrote: > > > > > The install begins to go into a manual install and asks if I > > want an NFS, > > > FTP or HTTP install. > > > > There's something wrong here with where ever it is you have put > > your ks.cfg. > > The installer can't find it for whatever reason (otherwise it wouldn't be > > asking you what type of install you need :-). > > > > It's also been my experience that if you try to use the ks option and the > > kickstart can't find a ks.cfg anywhere, it'll pretend to drop back to a > > manual install but it'll fail (exactly like you're describing) when you > > try to continue by manually feeding in the information. > > > > Check your syslinux.cfg for the image you're using to boot and make sure > > that you have something that looks like: > > > > label kickit > > kernel vmlinuz > > append ks=nfs:192.168.1.90:/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img network > > > > Note that we're assuming your ks.cfg is in the NFS dir above. And we're > > also assuming that you're using a NetApp filer and that /kickstart will be > > aliased automagically to /vol/vol0/kickstart. :-) > > > > Take it easy, > > > > -- > > Kelley Spoon Main: 210-892-4000 > > Rackspace Managed Hosting Fax: 210-892-4329 > > 112 East Pecan, Suite 600 Email: kspoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > San Antonio, TX 78205 <http://www.rackspace.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- Randolph R. Russell Phone: 919-547-0012 x333 Instructor/Consultant FAX: 919-547-0024 Red Hat, Inc. Email: rrussell@xxxxxxxxxx gpg: 1024D/B04CC2D6 5602 3F73 E70A D0BE 1923 D1D0 9CCD EA1C B04C C2D6
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