Assuming you are issuing: "linux ks=cdrom???" And that you have the appropriate package sources defined in the kickstart? Thanks, Tom Callahan TESSCO Technologies (443)-506-6216 callahant@xxxxxxxxxx A real engineer only resorts to documentation when the keyboard dents on the forehead get too noticeable. Chris St. Pierre wrote: >I'm trying my first kickstart install, and it's not going so well. I >created a ks.cfg file, based on an anaconda-ks.cfg file that was >automatically created on install, created an iso image of the boot cd >with the ks.cfg in the top-level directory, and booted off it. When I >do so, though, I just get the normal installation stuff -- it appears >to ignore the ks.cfg file. I followed the instructions directly from >the Redhat website: > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html#S2-STEPS-MAKE-CD >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-putkickstarthere.html > >Everything looks fine on the CD: > >~> ls -lAF /media/cdrecorder >total 5447 >-r--r--r-- 1 stpierre users 2048 2006-01-11 10:08 boot.cat >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 292 2006-01-11 10:07 boot.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 957 2006-01-11 10:07 general.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 3773827 2006-01-11 10:07 initrd.img >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 9856 2006-01-11 10:07 isolinux.bin >-rwxr-xr-x 1 stpierre users 550 2006-01-11 10:07 isolinux.cfg* >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 2800 2006-01-11 10:07 ks.cfg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 730 2006-01-11 10:07 options.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 869 2006-01-11 10:07 param.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 468 2006-01-11 10:07 rescue.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 549 2006-01-11 10:07 snake.msg >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 6056 2006-01-11 10:07 splash.lss >-r--r--r-- 1 stpierre users 2879 2006-01-11 10:08 TRANS.TBL >-rw-r--r-- 1 stpierre users 1772857 2006-01-11 10:07 vmlinuz > >Any ideas? Would a parse error in my ks.cfg cause this behavior? If >so, is there any way to validate the ks.cfg file? > >Thanks! > >Chris St. Pierre >Unix Systems Administrator >Nebraska Wesleyan University > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
