Hi I was just wondering..how do I mount the initrd.img file in linux? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Dolman" <geoffrey.dolman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: various > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me the answers to the following: > 1. Which files do I need tp copy from the update img disk to RHupdates - > just the stuff from imgdiskmount/usr/lib/anaconda/*.py or what? > 2. Do rpms placed in RHupdates also get installed instead of the initial > source tree ones and if so would this include the kernel. > 3a. I am using kickstart over nfs at the moment to single cpu dell > optiplex and precision workstations. The machines get their numbers and > the location of the nfs server (which houses the kickstart file) from > dhcp tied to hardware address. This works very well except for the > tedium of having to use boot floppies to get an OS on the machine each > time. > I have tried to get the machines to boot using the red hat pxe server > and also bootp (on a bootp server known to be working with solaris > clients). I have done this by disabling all the boot devices in the > system bios except network - but this doesn't work. On boot the client > collects it's ip from dhcp and will even read the first 512bytes from > tftpboot - but nothing else happens. Has anyone got a pxe server to work > with Dell hardware and if so can they give me some more information? > 3b. As an extension to this, I am going to need to be able to kickstart > some dual cpu machines quite soon - I have not attempted this before and > I am wondering if there any issues given that ideally you want two > kernels installed, the smp one and the normal one. > > Many thanks! > > -- > Geoff Dolman > JDRF/WT Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory > Cambridge Institute for Medical Research > University of Cambridge > http://www-gene.cimr.cam.ac.uk/todd/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
