On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:47:17 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > We are installing plenty of machines. For them we have to specify > "dd" and then during installation it will ask us for a driver disk. > We have on floppy and on USB drive. Floppy works always (it can read it). > USB drive for some reason works only the first time. Afterwards we get > a "failed to mount disk" message. > > Anyway I figure there must be a way either to have the driver image on > a network somewhere that I can access, or build it right into the Cent OS > 5.4 > installation disk. That is, in the kick start file somehow specify > dd=http:// or ftp:// or something, or create a new installation disk > (which I have done many times before) with the additional driver (MegaSR) > in it (which I have never done before). > > Is there some way to locate and specify an additional driver without the > necessity of having to put it on a separate floppy or USB thumb drive > and needing special hardware (floppy reader, thumb drive) not to mention a > free USB port? Typically we wget the driver file(s) and install them in %pre, and then again maybe in %post depending on the driver and what it does. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
