Thanks for the hint. Yes, that seems to work, and it's probably the best alternative, though it eliminates any system without a bootable CD. Fortunately, there aren't many systems we care about that absolutely can't use the CD. The main advantage of the floppy is that we have a lot of laptop users that have a drive bay that can take either a CD drive or a floppy drive. In the past I've been able to offer them a choice of using the CD or the floppy, depending on which one they brought to work that day, etc. -- Peter Fales Lucent Technologies, Room 1C-436 N9IYJ 2000 N Naperville Rd PO Box 3033 internet: psfales@xxxxxxxxxx Naperville, IL 60566-7033 work: (630) 979-8031 On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 12:19:40PM -0700, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > Peter Fales wrote: > >I would like to have my kickstart floppy specify the location of the > >of the kickstart file on network, without using the DHCP server, since > >the DHCP server is out of my control. > > > >This worked fine with RedHat 7.x and 8.0, but as far as I can tell, it is > >not possible with RedHat 9. The kickstart file can tell it where to find > >the network driver, but without a network driver, it can't get the > >kickstart file. > > > >The only alternative I can see is to store the kickstart configuration > >file directly on the boot floppy. That's a problem because it means > >whenever > >the kickstart configuration changes, I have to distribute new boot > >disks. With the earlier releases, I could distribute one boot floppy, and > >if a change is needed, all I have to do is change the copy on the NFS > >server - people can continue to use the same boot disk. > > > >Am I missing something? The RedHat 9 scheme feels like a step backward > >to me. > > > > What about using the boot.iso image? Make the changes to the > isolinux.cfg file and get it to get the ks.cfg file over the network. > > Forrest > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
