RE: driverdisk and include

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That would be a problem.... sorry.

I've got the same problem busting open the pxeboot initrd.  The
instructions you have found work for the regular initrd from the
boot.iso image.  You will need to use the instructions Michael send
earlier from Koan and use cpio for the pxeboot initrd.

-----Original Message-----
From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farkas Levente
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:57 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: driverdisk and include

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. 
> 

> 
> -----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!"

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