but i need network card driver disk so i cant add dd=ftp:// since there is no ftp since there is no network in the kernel!!!! Shabazian, Chip wrote: > You can add the dd line to boot: line, just make sure you don't exceed > 255 characters total with all your other options included. > > > Chip Shabazian > VP ; Sr. Consultant - System Engineering > Bank of America > E&O OS Services -- Linux > e: chip.shabazian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > p: 925 692-7000 > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farkas Levente > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:52 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: driverdisk and include > > hi, > i'd like to put together a few kickstart file. there are common part of > them like common packages and directives. so i put them in a separate > file and include them. but i want to do this from a pxe boot. i already > find how can i retrive include file from the %pre script to be able to > include them. but my problem is that i need to add a driverdisk to each > kickstart file since our server use r1000 network card which is not in > the current anaconda kernel. so my question > - what stage are run during a kickstart pxe boot? > - what information should have to be available in each stage? > - can i put the > driverdisk --source=ftp://.../r1000-2.6.18_8.img > line into a common included file or should it have to be in the main > file? > - is it documented anywhere or just i'm not able to find it? > thank you for your help in advance. > -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"