Re: kickstart installation problem

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It is just spelling mistake in path  the original is

"ks=nfs:10.112.16.33:/nfs/os/ks.cfg"

If you have any link that help me so please send me .

>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:41 PM, James Pearson
<james-p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> jiten jha wrote:
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > I have centos 6.2 64 bit os in my dell server. When I try to install
> centos
> > or scientific linux using NFS so it is not working and getting me error =
> > "unable to download kickstart file".
> > My kickstart file configuration is :
> >
> >
> > #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
> > #version=DEVEL
> > # Firewall configuration
> > firewall --disabled
> > # Install OS instead of upgrade
> > install
> > # Use NFS installation media
> > nfs --server=10.112.16.33 --dir=/nfs/os/ks.cfg
>
> The '--dir=' argument is the path to the distro directory, not the path
> to the kickstart file - i.e. it should be:
>
>   nfs --server=10.112.16.33 --dir=/nfs/os
>
> > network installation using NFS kickstart following setps i am using
> >
> >    - system-config-kickstart
> >    - system-config-nfs
> >    - /etc/init.d/nfs restart
> >    - mkdir -p /nfs/os/
> >    - mkdir /mnt/iso/
> >    - mount -t iso9660 /root/Desktop/Centos-64-DVD.iso /mnt/iso/ -o loop
> >    - cp -Rp /mnt/iso/* /nfs/os/
> >    - vim /etc/exports/
> >    - /nsf/os/    10.112.0.0/8(ro,sync)<http://10.112.0.0/8%28ro,sync%29>
> >    - exportfs -a
> >    - exportfs -v
> >    - /etc/init.d/nfs restart .
> >    - When I boot my pc using centos and in a boot option I put "
> >    ks=nfs:serverIP/nfs/ks/ks.cfg"
> >
> > So it is giving my error could not find kernel image
> > ks=nfs:serverIP/nfs/ks/ks.cfg
> >
> > When I put ks.cfg file in /nfs/os/ks.cfg Then it is giving me error "
> > Unable to download kickstart file"
>
> I don't know if the contents of your /etc/exports file above is a typo -
> but it should be "/nfs/os" not "/nsf/os"
>
> If your kickstart file is under /nfs/os/ on the same server, then the
> boot command line syntax should be:
>
>   ks=nfs:10.112.16.33:/nfs/os/ks.cfg
>
> James Pearson
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