What kind of DHCP server are you using? We use ISC, and have configured
it as follows (relevant sections):
group {
next-server 192.168.3.9; # name of your TFTP server
filename "pxelinux.0"; # name of the bootloader program
# host definitions, etc.
#
} # group
And then for the default file:
prompt 1
timeout 10
display general.msg
label bleh
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=http://192.168.3.9/bleh-kickstart initrd=initrd.img network lang=en
ramdisk_size=9216
We also register the MAC address in the dhcp server. If you are not being
forwarded on to the next server, ala tftp, then it won't work. No idea why
you would get a normal installer though..
-brad
> I'm trying to get kickstart to work with pxelinux, and things have
> reached an sticking point.
>
> I've got pxelinux working using the stuff from the pxeboot/ directory
> for redhat 9.
>
> My APPEND line in pxelinux.cfg/default is:
>
> APPEND console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 vga=extended network ip=dhcp ks='http://10.150.0.1:/Redhat/lab.ks.cfg' load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram rw
>
> When I reboot a machine that is supposed to pxeboot, I get the redhat
> installer instead of a kickstart, and the web server never registers a
> request for lab.ks.cfg.
>
> I have tried it without the quotes around the ks= bit, and with quotes
> around the whole thing. Quotes around the whole thing doesn't work at
> all, quotes around bits after ks= does not change the behavior.
>
> Any advice?
>
> THanks.
>
>
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