A while back, I had kickstart working perfectly using DHCP & DNS. I
know my ks.cfg file is good. Unfortunately due to a brain fart, I lost
much of the setup for this except for the ks.cfg file.
I read Forrest Taylor's posting a few days ago stating that he was able
to get kickstart running without DHCP / DNS using the following in
syslinux.cfg:
label=ks
kernel vmlinuz
ks=nfs:192.168.0.12:/home/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=intird.img network
So, I tried this by making a bootdisk using bootnet.img from the RH7.0
respin CD #1. My syslinux.cfg file looks like this (yes, I caught the
typo in Forrest's posting):
default ks
prompt 0
label ks
kernel vmlinuz
ks=nfs:192.168.1.1:/U1/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img network
Problems:
1) When the system boots up, I get about 5 messages saying "unknown
syslinux.cfg option". After that, the boot proceeds normally.
2) The machine mounts the nfs export at 192.168.1.1:/U1/kickstart as I
can see the authentication happen in the logs on 192.168.1.1. After
that, I get <4> neighbour table overflow on the target machine on <alt>
<f4>. On <alt><f3> I can see where it is supposedly mounting the nfs
volume where my install image is located, however in the logs on the
192.168.1.1, I can see no request or authentication for this export.
Needless to say, the install stops and starts prompting me for input of
language, etc.
Can someone give me a suggestion as to what I'm missing here ? I'd
prefer to use the no DHCP/DNS method if possible as that is a bit of a
hassle to get setup and maintain.
Thanks for any help !
Mike
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