Pierre Bourgin wrote:
Al Sparks a écrit :
Al Sparks :
I have a kickstart file that basically runs the following:
install nfs --server=nfserver.blah.local
--dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3 #include %some_file.cfg
I want to be able to access or "include" a file on the nfs share not
the local CDROM I've got this on. How do I do that?
<snip #include syntax typo>
Also, my network configuration includes a local DNS, so I've been able to
reach the NFS server by name.
? strange: I've already test it (mainly under centos3) and an IP address
was required for the NFS server; but I was booting via network (PXE),
not from cdrom.
But it occurs to me that I need to place
that information on the ks.cfg file on the cdrom portion, not the
"some_file.cfg" located on the nfs share.
your configuration is unusual: you use the cdrom to boot, right ?
then you use an NFS server for the media location instead of the cdrom,
right ?
So why in this case use the cdrom as storage for your include ks file ?
it will be really easier to use an NFS resource to store this additional
file.
Anyway, in this configuration, I guess the cdrom won't be mounted
automatically, you have to do it in the main .ks file like this:
-----------------
install nfs --server=1.2.3.4 --dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3
%include /media/cdrom/anotherfile.ks
# the "pre"/"post" directives must be at the end of the .ks file
%pre
mount /media/cdrom
------------------
I'm not shure this will work: does the install system has an entry in
its /etc/fstab for "/media/cdrom" ?
It it's not the case, you will have to mount the cdrom "by hand", that
means its device is subject to change depending on the hardware
configuration of your machine: is it "hda", "hdb", "hdc" ... ?
You should try within the shell of console #2.
The "pre" section should then look like:
-----
%pre
mount /dev/hda2 /media/cdrom
-----
install nfs --server=1.2.3.4 --dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3
%include /path/to/file
Once the installation system is running, the mount point for the used
NFS share by directive "install" is /mnt/source .
The really great info you gave me is the mount point the nfs command
uses.
in fact, /mnt/source is the mount point of the source media (NFS, cdrom,
whatever).
Once booted, goto onto console #2 with Ctl-Alt-F2 and use "mount" to see
it.
One of the images (in Nahant) is to boot off the CD and install from the
network.
That should work BUT I've only used it to get the entire ks file off the
LAN. Booting from a CD is quick and easy (provided you have a CD drive
as in this instance).
Probably the %include will work fairly easily if the original ks file's
obtained via NFS; otherwise I suspect you'll need to do the mount in %pre.
--
Cheers
John
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