Don't use dd to copy over the ks.cfg. That trashes the floppy filesystem. Instead, mount the floppy on /mnt/floppy and copy it over with cp. _____________ Jeffrey S. Elam Engineering Computing Support Intel Austin Design Center 1501 S. Mopac Expressway, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78746 M/S: AN1-4A13 | Ph: (512) 314-0612 -----Original Message----- From: Gladsney Pena [mailto:gspena@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 4:07 PM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Taylor, ForrestX Subject: Re: error /temp/ks.cfg Forrest, I had formated the disk floppy like: # fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 I try to copy ks.cfg to disk floppy # dd if=/usr2/laptop/ks.cfg of=/dev/fd01440 It seems that is copied but I can´t got to mount it to see if the file is copied successfully . #mount /dev/fd01440 /mnt/floppy My questions: I don´t understand how I will put it on the top level of the floppy? How Do I use this option in formatation (ext2 IIRC)? I hope by some help, Thanks in advance Gladsney ----- Original Message ----- From: Taylor, ForrestX <forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx> To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: Re: error /temp/ks.cfg > Gladsney Pena wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I´m trying to install RH7.0 in kickstart mode in the following way: > > > > => I´m booting from cdrom and I put ks.cfg file in a floppy disk. > > > > When the boot prompt appears I type: > > > > boot: linux ks=floopy > > > > but I get a error message: > > > > "Error opening: kickstart file /temp/ks.cfg. > > > > No such file or directory. > > > > > Have I done any thing wrong as described above? > > > > Sorry but I´m not a expert in linux and English language too :-). > > > > > > > > Gladsney Pena > > > > Brazil > > > Tudo bem? > > > The error message means that it could not find a valid ks.cfg file on > the floppy. Did you format the floppy properly (ext2 IIRC)? Did you > use a Windows machine to edit the file? Did you put it in the top level > of the floppy, and name it ks.cfg? > > Forrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
