You can place the kickstart file ks.cfg inside the initrd.img located in the cdrom. Then boot up the installer with command linux ks=file:/ks.cfg That's how I'm going around that problem when I'm not able to get the kickstart via http. -Samuli On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 11:22 -0400, Gerald Waugh wrote: > Hi, > > First post; > We are installing CentOS4 via a USB cdrom, and have a problem. > The server boots just fine from the USB cdrom. > At the boot prompt we enter "linux ks=cdrom". > If we do nothing else, the install drops into 'text mode' > > If we pull the USB cable and reinsert when the console reports > "running /sbin/loader" the kickstart script is run and everything is > fine. > > Any ideas as to how to fix this, much appreciated. > > TIA > Gerald > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list