RE: 7.1 nfs install requires DHCP?

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

> > I have been able to install 7.2 by nfs but, darn it, 7.1 is 
> looking for a
> > dhcp server.  What's going on?
> 
> Sorry if I am all wrong but I can't see what's wrong with kickstart 
> using
> or not DHCP server for installation.
> 
> The decision for requesting dhcp is what is in syslinux.cfg (or what
> is typed at boot), the magic word "network".
> 
> In syslinux.cfg we can have:
> 
> to boot using dhcp
> ------------------
> label ks
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append network initrd=initrd.img ks=floppy
> 
> to boot without dhcp
> --------------------
> label ks
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img ks=floppy
> 
> 
> 				Anne
> -- 
>  Anne Possoz   Service Informatique Central Tel : (41/21) 693.22.49
> Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Anne,

The problem is that some people want to install via the network (e.g. NFS),
but they don't have a DHCP server.

Forrest