Re: ks= paremeters for bootable cdrom

["Jim Bija" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: boot: ks= paremeters for bootable cdrom

just figured i would put in my 2 cents on kickstart. you no longer have to boot from a floppy (not SURE if you HAD to before) anyway..

as long as your kickstart file is on the floppy..you can boot from cdrom at prompt type  linux ks=floppy and it will yank your ks.cfg from your floppy which can be empty except for that 1 file which is nice, frees up space.. i am refering to rh 7.2.. kudos to RH on the upgrade of kickstart.. MUCH better keep it up!

Jim.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Ryan Allen

To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx'

Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:48 PM

Subject: boot: ks= paremeters for bootable cdrom

I'm getting an error:    cannot find kiskstart file:  /tmp/ks.cfg
My syslinux.cfg  says  ks=floppy

This worked when booting off floppy for NFS, but now its all on a standalone CDROM.  What should the parameter be for CD installs?  My ks.cfg lives in the bootable portion of the cdrom (an El Torito floppy image). 

I supposes I could make a copy of the ks.cfg and put it on the cdrom's root and do ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
But that seems redundant??  I would like to test the rest of the automated install before burning another CD-rom by manually entering the boot: parameters.

Anybody know?  It doesn't appear to be in the manual.

Thanks!

Ryan Allen
Senior Test Engineer
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