RE: 7.1 nfs install requires DHCP? || ahhh, follow up an answer f or you ?

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

> > > So it is confirmed that a DHCP server is required for an 
> NFS kickstart
> > > installation of 7.1 ?  This is not the case for 7.2
> > >
> 
> This is not confirmed for RH7.1.  I have done many kickstart 
> installations
> using NFS.  Here is part of the header from one of my ks.cfg 
> files (fake
> IP addresses...):
> 
> # I N S T A L L A T I O N   M E T H O D
> nfs --server 111.222.333.444 --dir /RedHat/7.1/OS_CD
> 
> # L A N G U A G E   S P E C I F I C A T I O N
> lang en_US
> 
> # N E T W O R K   C O N F I G U R A T I O N
> network --bootproto static --ip 111.222.333.555 --netmask 
> 255.255.255.0 --gateway 111.222.333.100 --nameserver 
> 111.222.333.444 --hostname my.linux.desktop.box
> 
> # D E V I C E   S P E C I F I C A T I O N
> device ethernet 3c59x
> 
> I put this file onto a RH7.1 boot floppy, then issue "linux ks=floppy"
> after the floppy boots.  I've done about 20 machines this way.
> 
> Carl G. Riches
> Software Engineer
> Department of Mathematics
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Again, this is after installation.  To get an IP address to get to the NFS
server after booting the installation medium, it must have a DHCP server
IMHO.

Forrest