On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Tom Callahan wrote: >Assuming you are issuing: "linux ks=cdrom???" Yeah, that was it. If I had read two further pages into the documentation, I would've had the answer to my question. Thanks for your help. Chris St. Pierre Unix Systems Administrator Nebraska Wesleyan University >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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
