On 2/16/07, Al Sparks <data345@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 6:33 PM: >>> Al Sparks spake the following on 2/15/2007 4:44 PM: >>>>> 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 >>>> How would I access the whole ks.cfg file on an nfs w/o dhcp? >>>> >>>> That would be ideal. >>>> === Al >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Assign an ip address during the boot process, and have everything >>> referenced by ip address, instead of names. >> >> At the boot prompt, I did the following: >> >> linux ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.254.254.125 >> netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.254.254.1 >> dns=10.1.1.21 ks=nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ks.cfg >> >> I get a blue screen with >> "Welcome to CentOS-4 i386" >> in the left upper corner, with the typical navigation key >> instructions at the bottom. It just hangs there. >> >> I ping the IP address above, and get no pongs. >> >> Suggestions? >> === Al >> >> >> > Dont you also need a > method=nfs:nfs:10.254.242.33:/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3/ for > anaconda to get loaded? > Just a guess as I haven't done any kickstart installs, so no > flames if I'm talking out of my you know what! I'm coming to the conclusion that RH, and by extension, CentOS just won't allow you to use a kickstart file over the network w/o DHCP. I can and have used NFS as long as I place the kickstart file on the CD itself. That's a pain.
First look at the debugging screens ALT-F3-> ALT-F6. Is the installer complaining. We mostly use kickstarts via HTTP so I havent tried NFS in a long while. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
