Eric DOUTRELEAU wrote: > >Eric Doutreleau wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Bret Hughes wrote: > >> > >> image=/boot/vmlinuz.kick > >> label=kick > >> read-only > >> initrd=/boot/initrd.img.kick > >> > >> append="ks=nfs:installtux.int-evry.fr:/var/ftp/pub/ks/elaphe/ks.cfg" > >> > > > >Thanks Eric that is exactly what I was hoping for but better. Does this > >append statement do what I think it does, namely get the kicKstart config > >file of an nfs server? I had no idea that was possible but it makes sense > >since I am doing a nfs install anyway. > > Exactly. > here how it s proceed > first there s a dhcp request to get temporary network information. > then it have all the information to mount the directory from the nfs server > then u have to have a working dhcp server on your network Eric thanks again. This worked perfectly. I installed 28 machines, replacing a RH7.1 xfs install that was having strange kswapd issues with our app, with the stock 7.1 using ext2 in less than 4 hours on a 100MB NIC without ever touching the machines. I could have automated a few more things but I ran our of time to dink with it. Bret
