There is currently a bug open about having the kickstart file on the cd. The RedHat install cannot find the file that you specify when you boot the system if it is found on the cdrom. The bug can be found here: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22285 Jeremiah --- kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: "Alvin Cabrera" <acabrera@xxxxxxxx> > To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: kickstart on boot cd? > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:01:55 -0800 > Reply-to: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > is it possible to have the ks.cfg on a bootable cd > so it would automatically > be read? i was thinking of possibly using this > method to do a large scale > canned installed without relying on user input or > network support. the > floppy isn't an option since the systems won't have > one. any ideas on how > to proceed to combine a floppy boot disk and the > first rh7.0 cd? thanks in > advance. > > alvin > > ATTACHMENT part 3.4.2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat > ATTACHMENT part 3.5 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:11:24 +0100 > From: Gerd Raether <gerd@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx, acabrera@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: kickstart on boot cd? > Reply-to: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Hi Alvin, > > From: "Alvin Cabrera" <acabrera@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:01:55 -0800 > > is it possible to have the ks.cfg on a bootable > cd so it would automatically > be read? i was thinking of possibly using this > method to do a large scale > canned installed without relying on user input or > network support. the > floppy isn't an option since the systems won't > have one. any ideas on how > to proceed to combine a floppy boot disk and the > first rh7.0 cd? thanks in > advance. > > My last bootable CD with ks.cfg I did 3/4 years ago > - so my knowledge > might be out of date: > > You can make a bootable CD. You have to install the > package cdrecord... > It should be on your linux distribution CD. Then > look at the man pages of > this > packages for El Torito. El Torito can be used to > produce bootable CDs. > There you will find the options how to make a > bootable CD. > I build one in the past, so I might help you with > further problems. > > You can find information how to set up a floppy at: > > http://www.go.dlr.de/linux/LDP/HOWTO/KickStart-HOWTO-5.html > > you have to copy your floppy image below the > directrory which you > want to burn on your bootable CD e.g. > > step 1 - make the boot image from the floppy > > dd if=/floppy/boot.img of=/imageroot/boot/boot.img > bs=10k count=144 > > step 2 - make the isofs for the CD > > mkisofs -a -J -r -b boot/boot.img -c > boot/boot.catalog -o bootcd.iso /imageroot/ > > Maybe I mixed up something after the times - hope > this helps anyway, > > Gerd > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 3.6 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:23:40 -0500 (EST) > From: Erik Troan <ewt@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: kickstart on boot cd? > Reply-to: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Alvin Cabrera wrote: > > > is it possible to have the ks.cfg on a bootable cd > so it would automatically > > be read? i was thinking of possibly using this > method to do a large scale > > canned installed without relying on user input or > network support. the > > floppy isn't an option since the systems won't > have one. any ideas on how > > to proceed to combine a floppy boot disk and the > first rh7.0 cd? thanks in > > advance. > > It got easier in 7.0 then the other responder knows >:-) > > Put it on the CDROM, and use > "ks=cdrom:/path/to/file/on/cd". If the file > is foo.bar at the root of the cd, you'd use > ks=cdrom:/foo.bar. > > The main Red Hat CD is already bootable on any > system that supports bootable > CDROMs. You can automate the kickstart by adding the > argument to the file > /images/boot.img on the CD (which is the floppy > image the system boots > from). > > Hope this helps. > > Erik > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | "Who is John Galt?" - Atlas Shrugged by > Ayn Rand | > | > | > | Linux Application Development -- > http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad | > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
