network kickstart without dhcp server

[Robinson, Andrew W.]

The options for the boot line (like "ip=") can be found in the file
/usr/share/doc/anaconda-XX/command-line.txt
 
Andrew Robinson


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	From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jason Kohles
	Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:13 AM
	To: darren at birkett.com; Discussion list about Kickstart
	Subject: Re: network kickstart without dhcp server
	
	
	On 11/3/05, Darren Birkett <darren.birkett at gmail.com> wrote: 
	

		>Is it possible to have my kickstart file on an nfs
mount, the installation media on another nfs mount, and to use a
statically defined ip address >defined with options at the boot prompt.
For example 
		> 
		>boot> linux ks=nfs:1.2.3.4/my/ks ip= 9.9.9.9
<http://9.9.9.9>  gateway=9.9.9.1 netmask= 255.255.255.0
<http://255.255.255.0> 
		> 
		>I'm not able to run a dhcp server in my environment so
unless I can define the networking info to my target machine at the boot
prompt, it's not >going to be able to access the kickstart or
installation files on the network.
		
		Well it would appear the answer is no.  Redhat tries to
get the kickstart file off the nfs export BEFORE it uses the networking
info provided on the command line to set up its networking.  And I was
so excited...
		
		
		

	The answer is emphatically yes, I do it this way all the time,
although with http installs.  There may be something different in the
nfs code path.
	
	-- 
	Jason Kohles
	email at jasonkohles.com - http://www.jasonkohles.com/ 
	"A witty saying proves nothing."  -- Voltaire
	

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