> -----Original Message----- > From: Staniforth, Paul [IES] [mailto:P.Staniforth@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:06 AM > To: 'redhat kickstart list' > Subject: Manual NFS install works but fails for kickstart > with added network driver > > > We have created a boot cd with an added driver for the > Broadcom BCM5700 NIC. This works fine with a manual NFS > install but fails when trying to do a DHCP based kickstart > install, from the messages it gets it correct information > from the DHCP server but says it can't NFS mount the > directory with the kickstart file in it. > The same boot CD will work OK with with machines with > RH supported NIC's, any help appreciated. > i assume you are putting your broadcom driver in the initrd.img/modules of bootnet.img right? when you do the manual NFS install, do you get a "Choose Driver" box for for Nic before you set network information? If so, in your ks.cfg you need to force this driver to load. You might want to do this anyways.... if I have an Intel gigabit nic that doesnt properly load the driver for it, i put device eth e1000 in my ks.cfg. you will need to add device eth <broadcom_module_name> to yours. Dallas
