Thanks Daniel. My ks.cfg had... network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp nfs --server 10.4.146.47 --dir /var/entrust/RedHat/Enterprise3_u3 The OS install worked fine, but the %post mount with just the mount command failed to find the server as mentioned below. I tried switching to static IP and it worked fine. The %post mount found the NFS server using the eth0 which was setup but the kickstart OS install. I stuck the ifconfig in there to see what was going on with DHCP, the RedHat CDs were installed over NFS, so why can't I access the same NFS with a separate mount point? My install environment is going to have a number of system kickstart'ing at the same time, I want to make sure they each have their own separate IP. Any ideas? Thanks! - Chris -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Segall Sent: November 17, 2004 1:48 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: %post DHCP? You shouldn't need to obtain an IP in %post, unless it is a different netblock. It sounds like your NFS server is providing the IP, thus you should just need to mount the share. mount -r -o nolock 10.4.146.47:/var/entrust/eewmc/7.5/image /mnt/entrust -Dan > Hi guys. > > Thanks for answering my previous post, I removed the -nochroot from > %post and I was able to work some magic on the rest of the FS. My chvt > 3 was in the script I was trying to copy, I moved it to the kickstart > itself. > > Now, my apparent last problem is I can't get DHCP working from %post. > > The kickstart install was from the same NFS server that I want to copy > my script from to the local system. The NFS install proceed fine, but > %post isn't able to mount a new NFS point. > > I've tried... > > %post > ifconfig > service portmap start > mkdir /mnt/entrust > mount 10.4.146.47:/var/entrust/eewmc/7.5/image /mnt/entrust cp > /mnt/entrust/init/runonce.bsh /tmp/runonce.bsh > > ...the TTY reports that eth0 doesn't have an IP address yet. It's the > regular ifconfig output, but with the IP/Mask line missing. Naturally > the mount isn't going to succeed if it can't reach the server, so that > error is also reported. > > Are there any generally kickstart issues with using DHCP? I also tried > the following in my %post without luck. > > %post > echo "check_link_down() {" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > echo " return 1;" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > echo "}" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup eth0 > ifconfig > service portmap start > mkdir /mnt/entrust > mount 10.4.146.47:/var/entrust/eewmc/7.5/image /mnt/entrust cp > /mnt/entrust/init/runonce.bsh /tmp/runonce.bsh > > This time when ifup runs, I get... > > Determining IP information for eth0... Failed. > > > Any ideas? > > Thanks!!! > > - Chris > > _______________________________________________ > 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
