> -----Original Message----- > From: Seth Alford [mailto:sethal@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:32 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: sethal@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Kickstart on serial ASCII terminal > > > Yet another option is to insert the kickstart > file into the initial ramdisk image, and tell syslinux > to read it. The advantage is that it works > automatically, and you don't have to type something > at the SYSLINUX prompt. If you are doing a NFS > install, you'll only need to insert one floppy into > the machine your booting, instead of one floppy with > the boot image and one floppy with the kickstart file. > This is a plus if you have a lot of machines to load. > > That is, for a NFS boot, do something like > (Warning: this should work, but this code is untested, > YMMV, the usual caveats apply:) > > ----begin pseudo-code---- > > # Set up a CD-ROM hierarchy on an NFS server, by > # copying the CD-ROM files from CD1 and CD2 to a disk. > # Then > > cd < top level of the hierarchy > > cd images > cp bootnet.img /tmp > cd /tmp > mkdir bootnet initrdnet > # Assuming your kernel supports the loopback driver: > mount bootnet.img bootnet -o loop > gunzip < bootnet/initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img > mount initrd.img initrdnet -o loop > # If you want to do an NFS install, you'll need to > # configure your kickstart file to reference the > # NFS server. Then... > cp <your kickstart file> initrdnet/ > umount initrdnet > gzip < initrd.img > bootnet/initrd.img > cd bootnet > # edit syslinux.cfg, and add to the append line: > # "ks=file:/ks.cfg console=ttyS0,9600n8" > # > # Suggestion: put this in a new stanza in the > # syslinux.cfg file. > cd /tmp > umount bootnet > cd <back to your cd-rom image hierarchy> > cd images > cp /tmp/bootnet.img bootnet.img > > ----end of pseudo-code---- > > You'll also have to copy the bootnet.img to a floppy. > > If someone knows a simpler way to do this, please > post it to the list. > > --Seth Alford > sethal@xxxxxxxxx > Instead of putting it in the initrd.img, just put the ks.cfg file on the bootnet.img floppy: dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 mount /mnt/floppy cp <your kickstart file> /mnt/floppy edit /mnt/floppy/syslinux.cfg default ks ... label ks .. append ks=floppy console=ttyS0,9600n8 ... You shouldn't need two floppies. Forrest
