do you have something like this in an appropriate file in the pxelinux.cfg directory? default linux label linux kernel vmlinuz append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.img ks=http://<server ip>/iso/rhas2.1/ I found that the append line had to be one line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Corey Kovacs wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > After reading all the previous questions/answers I could find I finally got to > the point where my PXE/DHCP/TFTP kickstart almost works. I have one machine > doing PXE/DHCP/TFTP and one handling the RPMS via HTTP. > > I know the ks.cfg file works because I can do an install using a floppy and > passing ks=floppy to the kernel. > > The PXE method works up until the point of getting the second stage. Rather is > appears that the first stage does not get transferred completely and the > install fails. If I then proceed with a manual entry of the location of the > RPM's it tells me it cannot retrieve the first stage. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Also, does anyone know why one must enter "linux ks" at the prompt for kernel > peramters? can I put a config file somewhere as in with the syslinux stuff > ala pxelinux.cfg/default ? > > Corey > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+Lr26glw65kKkYY4RAsdyAJ93AskL5X547Mq6NStQQ9+oQIFaCQCdEh50 > mQH7gpuK3vNJgwXZd3rNKN4= > =O2gj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >