RE: thoughts on kickstart, again :-))))

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

You have to get the fixed loader in the initrd.img if you want your ks.cfg
file on the cdrom.  I posted the fix and the loader a week or so ago, so you
can get it from the archives.

Forrest

> 
> Funny.  I've just about given up on kickstart.  I've tried it 
> on 7.0,1,2 and
> consistently get "no install method specified for kickstart" 
> even when using
> the cdrom install option.
> 
> Peter Matulis
> 
> 
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: K. Spoon [mailto:kspoon rackspace com]
> -> Sent: November 14, 2001 1:22 PM
> -> To: Kickstart-List
> -> Subject: RE: thoughts on kickstart, again :-))))
> -> 
> -> 
> -> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, btopenworld wrote:
> -> 
> -> > My personnal opinion though is out of all of the automagic
> -> > installers for different OS's out there kickstart stands up
> -> > well, and in many instances is streets ahead.
> -> 
> -> I'll say amen to that.
> -> 
> -> We currently have representatives from a company that has recently
> -> resolved a few public legal issues here showing off their 
> unattended
> -> installer, and they're crowing about getting their product 
> installed
> -> on a server in "a little over 30 minutes". 
> -> 
> -> The RH 7.2 kickstart gets the OS on the box and the server 
> configured
> -> for deployment in the data center in a little under 15.
> -> 
> -> And the web server on RH doesn't have an exploit of the 
> week feature,
> -> either.
> -> 
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