What we're doing for our POS register installs is seeding our disks with a 10mb network kickstart image that once the kickstart is complete runs "lilo" to make it so that the next boot is off the local disk (note we don't overwrite our kickstart partition). We also leave a passworded lilo entry for the kickstart partition so that if the user needs to do it again they can with our "permission" as it were. You could do your "lilo -R" technique instead. Our only changes were in hacking the "initrd" to support more networking modules for the PCI wireless card we use. I have a little script for that if you're interested. I don't know if this plan would be applicable here... - Matt "Taylor, ForrestX" wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David T-G [mailto:davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:28 AM > > To: kickstart list > > Cc: Taylor, ForrestX > > Subject: Re: >really< hands-off install > > > > > > Forrest -- > > > > ...and then Taylor, ForrestX said... > > % I think that the problem might be that you are trying to > > run syslinux > > % through lilo. Syslinux is made to be run by itself (sans > > lilo). You would > > > > Well, I kinda thought about that, but didn't see enough > > instructions to > > get things going some other way. > > > > > > % have to put syslinux in the MBR to get it to run properly. > > Please remind me > > % what you are trying to accomplish here, and why you don't > > want to use > > > > I have an existing linux system and would like to boot from the hard > > drive and then completely reinstall via kickstart. If I use a floppy, > > I have to boot from that and then eject the floppy half way through so > > that my automatic reboot (at least it does that much now; it used to > > require a keyboard to hit return) doesn't simply keep trying > > to install > > over and over again, but I'd like to be able to just > > > > ssh client "lilo -R kick ; reboot" > > > > and have it set the boot target, reboot itself, and happily reload. > > > > As long as it can find a kickstart config, or even something > > reasonably > > like it, I'm happy. I can see the even cooler benefits of > > booting from > > the network but it's not at all worth it to me to look into > > booting from > > the NIC and pulling down the kernel (at least not this week ;-) > > Maybe you should reconsider. I think that it may be easier to get the PXE > boot working than to dive into the syslinux realm. Although, I just thought > of something. If you boot from network, when you reboot, it will just > re-install. It appears as though you must have *some* interaction with the > target machine. Perhaps you could talk to HPA (H. Peter Alvin--I believe he > wrote syslinux), and pose the question. > > [Random thoughts here] Perhaps you could write syslinux to the MBR, and get > it to boot, install, and then overwrite the MBR (which it already does). I > just found HPAs sylinux page here: > http://syslinux.zytor.com/ > I don't see anything there right off hand, but maybe you can find something. > > Forrest > > > > > > > % cd/floppy install (it must be Monday). > > > > *grin* > > > > > > % > > % Forrest > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > >:-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! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. Manager of Networking Willis House Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 TEL: (603) 448-4100 xt 5150 USA FAX: (603) 443-6190 Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------
