Need help with PXE/NFS install

[Mike Cotton]

Hello All,

 

I need some assistance with finishing a PXE NFS install.  I have reviewed
the archives and the information there has helped me to get this far.

 

I have a DHCP server and a separate file server running the TFTP and NFS
services.  I have figured out the DHCP settings to pass on the hostname, the
IP, and the NextServer to push the installation over to the TFTP server.  

 

At the TFTP server, the pxeboot hex file points to the nfs share and
anaconda finds the vmlinuz and initrd.img files and starts the interactive
installation.  

 

Here is the part I am stuck on - whenever I try to add kickstart information
into the hex file (ksdevice=eth0 ks=nfs:/{fileserver IP}/path to the ks
file), the vmlinuz and initrd.img file are found and the initial install
begins.  As the install is checking for hardware it kernel panics with a VFS
error when attempting to locate the hard drive.  It seems that the megaraid
driver we need is not getting installed, and it gacks at that point.

 

To be clear - the nfs portion is operational and will lead to an interactive
install, but when the kickstart information for an unattended installation,
the install kernel panics with a VFS error.

 

What did I break?  :-)

 

Thank you very much for any assistance - it is greatly appreciated.

 

Mike Cotton

 

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