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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jason
Kohles<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:13 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
darren@birkett.com; Discussion list about Kickstart<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
network kickstart without dhcp server<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>On 11/3/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Darren Birkett</B> <<A
href="mailto:darren.birkett@gmail.com">darren.birkett@gmail.com</A>> wrote:
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class=q><SPAN class=gmail_quote></SPAN>>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
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<DIV>>boot> linux ks=nfs:<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://1.2.3.4/my/ks" target=_blank>1.2.3.4/my/ks</A> ip=<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://9.9.9.9"
target=_blank> 9.9.9.9</A> gateway=<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://9.9.9.1"
target=_blank>9.9.9.1</A> netmask=<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://255.255.255.0" target=_blank> 255.255.255.0</A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=q>>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.<BR><BR></SPAN>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...<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>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.<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Jason
Kohles<BR><A href="mailto:email@jasonkohles.com">email@jasonkohles.com</A> -
<A href="http://www.jasonkohles.com/">http://www.jasonkohles.com/</A> <BR>"A
witty saying proves nothing." --
Voltaire<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>