So back to the question...
If I unpack my iso image, and add a kickstart file, then I have to do
this every change I make to the kickstart file.
But if I convert the kickstart file into a floppy image, then I don't
need an iso image for every build..I just have tiny kickstart images.
So back to the question, do we know how to convert a kickstart file into
a floppy image. This will solve the "unsupported" datastore problem.
On 10/17/2014 5:10 PM, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Dan Hyatt <dhyatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe
cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server.
Bummer.
I have both my kickstart file and my iso image for centos6.5 on my vmware
datastore, but am trying to run my kickstart file from VMware guest.
Include your ks file as part of your ISO image.
Can I tell the command line to run from the datastore in VMWare? Or must I
convert my kickstart file to a floppy image to run from VMware console?
The vmware datastore is not a supported medium for retrieving a kickstart
file (http and others are).
Include your ks as part of your ISO .. which means unpacking, add files,
and repacking the ISO.
I have the centos image on the DVD mounted from my datastore. Now I need
to convert the kickstart file to a floppy image to mount on the server from
my datastore
This is what google and VMWare keeps telling me but it does not make sense
unless I am copying off a floppy....
What I am trying to do is turn the kickstart file into a floppy image so I
can kickstart off the floppy in vmware.
Create a disk image from the physical drive:
cat /dev/fd0 > imagefile.img
Copy image to the physical drive:
cat imagefile.img > /dev/fd0
Help figuring out that silly little piece that is keeping me from building
a VM guest from my kickstart file is much appreciated.
* And John Pierce's suggestion to create your own PXE virtual network is a
flexible and more ideal scenario in my opinion.
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