Haven't done this myself but Section 7.8.2 of this doc: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-kickstart2-putkickstarthere.html talks about copying the ks.cfg file to the isolinux/ directory before you make the iso. -dave -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stephen Mah Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:02 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Problem with reading ks.cfg from the cdrom Never used the cdrom option. I use this: append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 vga=788 ks=file:/tmp/ks.cfg then I put the kickstart file in the initrd.img file system, which is on the cdrom when I make it bootable. cd isolinux gunzip -c initrd.img >initrd.img.unzip mkdir -p loop mount -o loop initrd.img.unzip loop/ cp ks.cfg ./loop/tmp/ umount loop/ gzip -9 -c initrd.img.unzip > initrd.img rm -rf initrd.img.unzip then use mkisofs to create your cdrom. Avrahami David wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newbie to kickstart and I am trying to install RHEL 3.0 by > kickstart procedure from the cdrom. > I did as following: > > 1) I prepared a bootable cdrom > (_http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html#S2-STEPS-MAKE-CD_ > )and put the ks.cfg > > on top-level directory > (_http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-putkickstarthere.html_ > ). > > Then I boot from cdrom and type on boot: linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg > In this stage I got the installation menus which says that kickstart > fails to read/find the ks.cfg. > It seems that ks.cfg somehow can't be read. > the ALT+F4 says: unable to identify cd-rom format > the ALT+F3says: failed to mount /dev/hdd invalid argument trying to > mount device hdd > > There is no such problem if I put the same ks.cfg on floppy and boot > from cdrom and type boot: linux ks=floppy > Any clue? > > David > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Kickstart-list mailing list >Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
