Re: Kickstart under RHL 6.0?

["AARON MARKS" <amarks sarnoff com>]

I got it working -- dumb mistake. I replaced the "ks=floppy" line with
just "ks" in the syslinux.cfg file (I thought that didn't work before,
but I must have not had dhcpd configured correctly).

Thanks,
-A.


wongyb cse cuhk edu hk wrote:
> 
> Would you mind showing the relevant section of your dhcp.conf file?
> 
> =====================================================================
> Mine is:
> 
> host __HOSTNAME_ {
>     hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
>     fixed-address nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn;
>     filename "/export/ks/";
> }
> =====================================================================
> In /etc/exports:
> 
> /export/ks      nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn(ro)
> 
> =====================================================================
> Run:
> 
> /usr/sbin/exportfs -a
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd (re)start
> 
> =====================================================================
> Moreover, correct setting of subnet section, netmask, and so on
> in the /etc/dhcpd.conf is important.
> 
> -Terence
> 
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get the kickstart configuration file (ks.cfg)
> > over nfs and *not* from the floppy. So far, I have a bootp (dhcp) server
> > running, I put the kickstart configuration files in
> > /kickstart/[BOOTPASSIGNEDIP]-kickstart (as was recommended in the
> > kickstart faq), but when I boot my kickstart floppy, it insists on
> > looking on the floppy for the config file.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -A.
> >
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Aaron J. Marks		       Communications and Computing Systems Lab
Assoc. Member Tech Staff       Advanced Networks and Computation Group
amarks sarnoff com	       Sarnoff Corporation