CD, using cdrom: and file: methods Dan On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Tammy Fox wrote: > Where are you putting the kickstart file - on the CD-ROM on a floppy? > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:25:37AM -0600, dwittenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I used several machines, all showed the same signs, all commercial > > desktops. (2 HP's and 1 Compaq). All are IDE, seperate bus configs I > > think, but as has been said before, this exact setup (1 of those is my > > dedicated test machine) worked fine with 7.1, just 7.2 blows up with it. > > I finally got mine working somehow, not really sure what changed, but I'm > > working on one of my "broken" cd's to try and figure out what's different. > > > > Dan > > > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Tammy Fox wrote: > > > > > What are the specs for your machine? > > > i.e. what is the make and model, is the CDROM drive SCSI or IDE, is > > > it a master or slave device, etc. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:49:00AM -0500, Megan Pengelly wrote: > > > > > > > > > I got my kickstart config updated for 7.2, but when I try to use it to > > > > > load a PC it tells me that no RH cd can be found in any of my drives. > > > > > If I boot off a standard boot floppy, and try to use that same cd it appears > > > > > to work fine. So now I'm curious what in the ks file would cause > > > > > something like that ? > > > > > > > > I'd like to add a resounding "Me too" to this. > > > > > > > > Has anyone got their 7.1 scripts/install CDs working with 7.2 yet? If so, > > > > is there anything tricky about 7.2 that I might have neglected to do? > > > > > > > > To be specific: > > > > > > > > I created the 7.2 CD in the same manner as I created the 7.1 CD. > > > > > > > > The .disk1-i386 and .disk2-i386 files are there. > > > > > > > > The files in RedHat/base are there: > > > > [root@beep base]# pwd > > > > /burn/redhat/7.2/cd.final/RedHat/base > > > > [root@beep base]# ls -a > > > > . .. comps hdlist hdlist2 hdstg1.img netstg1.img stage2.img > > > > [root@beep base]# > > > > > > > > Yet, it tells me that there is no valid RedHat CD in the drive when I try > > > > to kickstart from it. > > > > > > > > /megan > > > > > > > > Megan Pengelly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ======================== > > Daniel Wittenberg > > System Administrator > > University of Iowa > > http://dan.its.uiowa.edu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > -- ======================== Daniel Wittenberg System Administrator University of Iowa http://dan.its.uiowa.edu
