So noone has a clue on this? Ive been trying to tinker with the initrd.img but to no avail, it seems to kill anaconda when I do that. Is there peraps some undocumented option one could put in the append= section of the syslinux.cfg file that would pass a hard IP and gateway to the stack on the floppy kernel? If not, what is the procedure for submitting an RFE to get this considered as an option in future resleases of anaconda? Many Thanks, Robert Parker > -----Original Message----- > From: Parker, Robert > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:59 AM > To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: NFS-based ks.cfg without DHCP? > > > Im in an environment where it is very much preferrable to *not* have a > DHCP server running anywere on the network, but yet I still want to be > able to use a sinlge boot-and-forget floppy to do kickstart installs > where there is only one remote kickstart config file to maintain. > That is, if I have a syslinux.cfg on a floppy that looks something > like this: > > label=ks > kernel=vmlinuz > ks=nfs:192.168.0.12:/home/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img network > > How can I provide a the initial IP address and gateway on the floppy > such that the floppy's kernel does not need to grab settings from a > DHCP server in order to get the ks.cfg file via NFS? Constantly > recopying the ks.cfg to the floppy whenever I make a change is, > frankly, a major pain and Id like to maintain as much as possible > remotely but current constraints do not permit me to have a DHCP > server running at all (even one configured to only assign IPs to > specific MAC adresses). Is there a way of passing IP stack > configuration in the boot floppy syslinux.cfg or perhaps to the kernel > via the initrd image (such that it wouldnt clobber anaconda)? > > Thanks in advance, > Robert Parker
