RE: can't start with kickstart

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James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:

> You're approach is all wrong here.. If you are using blades, you are 
> handicapping yourself if you are using a floppy or CD.  You 
> need to learn 
> how to use pxelinux, which is part of the syslinux family.  
> Basically you 
> set up a DHCP and tftp server.  When the blades PXE is 
> activated, it grabs 
> an IP address and is told to pull a kernel & initrd from the 
> tftp server. 
> It is also told where to find a kickstart file.  More 
> information can by 
> found on syslinux.zytor.com.
 <snip>
 
I agree with James about using PXE.  I just hope you don't have the
problem of having one of the Gigabit NIC's that inhibit your use of
kickstart via network.  The e1000 drivers have this problem - depending
on the switch you connect it to.

Joe Robertson



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