Hi All,
Can someone please help me with this one !
I have a NFS (ip address 192.168.2.200) server running RH 8.0. DHCP is
provided by my DSL/Router which seems to work ok, and it happily allows
me to install redhat 7.3 via kickstart with no problems at all.
I configure kickstart in the same old way, make a bootdisk by dd'ing the
bootnet.img file onto a floppy, copy the relevant ks.cfg file and use
the syslinux.cfg files (see below)
but whenever I try to install RH 8.0 it fails
these are the steps, I take....
# cd /kickstart/redhat/linux/8.0/images
# dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0
# mcopy ks.cfg a:
# mcopy syslinux.cfg a:
I then put the floppy into the target machine, and kickstart fails and I
am prompted by anaconda asking me which Language I want to use :-(
alt-f3 shows me the last few messages which say...
sending dhcp request through device eth0
pump tolds us: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
it seems that anaconda is trying to configure the ethernet interface
(which is a RealTek RTL8139 on-board) and this is failing ?
Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated !
Thanks
Martin
PS: The machine I am building is an Emachines 170, 40GB disk, 128MB RAM.
syslinux.cfg file
=================
default ks
prompt 0
label ks
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=floppy initrd=initrd.img
ks.cfg file
============
#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
#System language
lang en_US
#Language modules to install
langsupport en_US
#System keyboard
keyboard uk
#System mouse
mouse genericps/2
#System timezone
timezone --utc Europe/London
#Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$cbMyyeS6$z9H2H8ukzdfEgYgqNCtn81
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Use text mode install
text
#Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade
install
#Use NFS installation media
nfs --server 192.168.2.200 --dir /kickstart/redhat/linux/8.0
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes
#Clear all partitions from the disk
clearpart --all --initlabel
#Disk partitioning information
part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --maxsize 10000
part swap --size 1 --grow --maxsize 500
#Use DHCP networking
network --bootproto dhcp --device eth0
#System authorization information
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
#XWindows configuration information
#Probe for video card
#Probe for monitor
xconfig --depth 8 --resolution 640x480 --defaultdesktop=GNOME
%packages --resolvedeps
@Everything
%pre --interpreter /bin/sh
echo "Staring install"
%post --interpreter /bin/sh
echo "Finishing Install"
