On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:20:20AM +0200, A.J. Werkman wrote: > That is the way you set it up, I know. But I was wondering if there is any > difference between these two when kickstart runs. If there isn't any > difference why bothering to put ks.cfg in initrd.img. > > If there is no added value to putting ks.cfg in initrd.img, I would say > always copy it on the floppy and use ks=floppy, because it is much easier. One difference is with the initrd approach you can use a filename other than ks.cfg. Ths may enable you to have multiple kickstart configs on one boot image. SPACE PERMITTING! Chuck Moss > > Koos. > > > At 10:25 14-06-2001 -0700, you wrote: > >ks=floppy means that you made the floppy the usual dd way, and then mounted > >it and cp the ks.cfg onto the floppy > > > >ks=file:/ means you opened the boot.img file, pulled apart the initrd.img > >file and placed the ks.cfg inside. > > > >Forrest > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: A.J. Werkman [mailto:werkman@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:10 AM > > > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: >really< hands-off install > > > > > > > > > At 13:09 14-06-2001 +0300, you wrote: > > > >On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, ext Erik Troan wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, David T-G wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So now I'm ready to go and I just realized that I have > > > no idea where I > > > > > > should put the ks.cfg file. Does it go in / or /boot or ...? > > > > > > > > > > Put the kickstart on the initrd image and use > > > "ks=file:/path/to/file" > > > > > > > >RHL7 has problems with kickstart files on the initrd: it > > > never executes > > > >the %post script. At least I never got it to work (and sorry > > > didn't have > > > >time back then to really test it to file it to bugzilla) > > > > > > > >Haven't tried with 7.1 yet though... > > > > > > > > - Panu - > > > > > > Reading this I was wondering what is the difference between > > > the use of > > > 'ks=floppy' and 'ks=file://path/to/file'?? > > > > > > Koos. > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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
