On 27 Jun 2003, Eric Doutreleau wrote: > Le ven 27/06/2003 à 03:27, John a écrit : > > On 26 Jun 2003, Eric Doutreleau wrote: > > > > > And you can't add a NIC to the machine you use? > > > > Well i install more than several hundreds of machine. > foreach machine it takes to me less than 30 seconds with kickstart + > cfengine ( for the machine of course it s more but i don't care ). > I would prefer not to have hardware manipulation. In one machine, once? > > ) > > > The purpose of the filename and next-server information supplied by the > > DHCP server is to tell your not-very-intelligent computer where to get > > its operating system. > > > > > > I don't believe that kickstart supports any other use for this > > information, though you might be able to fudge it in the %pre section > > of the kickstart file. > > > > But kickstart use it. > it s here > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-kickstart2-putkickstarthere.html Perhaps that's new, perhaps I just never saw it. In _my_ dhcp setup, the filename is the name of the file for the bootrom to load, and that's incompatible with ks using it. > > > > > > Grub also can be built to load off the network. The only problem I've > > had is it doesn't work with my 3COM NIC(s). The advantage of GRUB is > > that one floppy can support many NICs. > > > > I would prefer not use floppy too > i used to use them but i have terrible problem with bad sectors. ;-) I keep a bin handy for tossing them in. > a CDROM is far more reliable. If you're using a CD, consider installing from a customised single-CD set of software. > > i will lok at the http option I don't see that dhcp has any particular advantage over http, provided you know what the server is. > -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
