1 - Check your NFS exports settings and /etc/hosts.allow - /etc/hosts.deny 2 - When the installer can't mount any remote FS that he use to install, usually he say on console 2 or 3 (alt+f2, alt+f3) the reason for this. Check this. 3 - I have here various Kickstart servers (NFS exports ) for Red Hat 7 and 6.2 that work well. If you want i can send to you my config files. On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:41:42 -0800 David T-G <davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, folks -- > > I'm using RH7 on our Compaq boxes and hope that this is the proper place > to ask a kickstart question. If it isn't, please redirect me > appropriately. > > We have created kickstart config files that work quite dandily from the > CDs, but would like to load from the network. Every time I try to > specify the network mount, however, the install goes into interactive > mode and asks me for the mount info. I can't for the life of me figure > out what it wants. > > We store our CD images up on a NetApp filer under our CD farm, and so the > path to the RH7 disc images is > > mirnaf01:/cdfarm/RedHat-7.0/ProServer > > and uder there we have a cd1, cd2, cd3, cd4 dir which contains the CD > tree under the CD volume label name. That is, *I* think the "path to > the RedHat directory" is > > mirnaf01:/cdfarm/RedHat-7.0/ProServer/cd1/redhatlinux_i3867.0/RedHat > > but I can't convince the booting client of that. > > I am confident that it's on the network, 'cuz I can ping the booting > client from another machine. I'm at a loss for how to get the network > image mounted, though. > > > TIA & HAND > >:-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxx * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) davidtgwork@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.bigfoot.com/~davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > -- Rafael Rocha Neitzel <rneitzel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Terra Networks Brasil - www.terra.com.br (51) 2844277 - (51) 99169095
