<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hey: How did get the RPM's to DVD? do you have the install CD's? just copying the the RPM's to a DVD will not make it a valid install media.... Here is a little how to I followed to create an install DVD for the CD's: mount -o ro,loop RHEL4-i386-WS-disc1.iso /mnt/tmp1 # etc. for discs 2,3,4 cp -a /mnt/tmp1/isolinux /mnt/tmp1/.discinfo . chmod +w isolinux/isolinux.bin {Edit ./.discinfo file to list four CDs "1,2,3,4" instead of just "1"} mkisofs -v -pad -o RHEL4-i386-DVD.iso \ -V "RHEL4-i386-DVD.2005-02-16" \ -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -r -R -T -m TRANS.TBL \ -x /mnt/tmp1/.discinfo \ -x /mnt/tmp1/isolinux \ -graft-points /mnt/tmp1 .discinfo=.discinfo isolinux/=isolinux \ RedHat=/mnt/tmp2/RedHat \ RedHat=/mnt/tmp3/RedHat \ RedHat=/mnt/tmp4/RedHat /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 RHEL4-i386-DVD.iso (This needs the anaconda-runtime rpm installed) If you want to add additonal packages and a kickstart file to the DVD you actually need to copy the 1st CD to /mnt/tmp1 rather than mounting it. In order to get the kickstart install to prompt for IP address and hostname (even thought it is not in the kickstart file - this is a bug in the Anaconda Installer) you need to do the follwing: take the stage2.img from the CD 1, copy it /tmp or whatever. mkdir /mnt/img mkdir /tmp/new_img mount -o loop /tmp/stage2.img /mnt/img rsync -avv /mnt/img/* /tmp/img/ make sure the hidden .buildstamp file gets copied as well... now you want to look at the /tmp/img/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py and comment out the below line: dispatch.skipStep("network") This will force kickstart to prompt for networking. then create your new stage2.img : mkcramfs /tmp/new_img /tmp/stage2.img.new and copy it back (cp /tmp/stage2.img.new /mnt/tmp1/stage2.img) to your temporary CD making directory, re-create your ISO, burn it and you're good to go. Hope this helps AR <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: John Brussard <jbrussard@netnumber.net> To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:18:45 PM Subject: FW: Newbie to kickstart - question about loading linux from dvd <style>  </style> <div class="Section1"> I want to install ES4U2 from a kickstart DVD, I have loaded the all the RPMS’s onto the dvd as well as the ks.cfg file and changed the isolinux.cfg file. My problem is when it looks for the redhat installations disks, it says: “CD NOT FOUND Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives” Here’s my ks.cfg file: root@ncs-ard1 backup]# more ks.cfg #Generated by Kickstart Configurator #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T #System language lang en_SG #Language modules to install langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 #System keyboard keyboard us #System mouse mouse #Sytem timezone timezone --utc America/New_York #Root password rootpw --iscrypted $1$1OOUHcE9$nPOink4oNK7B/1vK06RZl1 bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet" #Use text mode install text #Install OS instead of upgrade install #Use CDROM installation media cdrom #System bootloader configuration bootloader --location=mbr #Partitioning clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=256 --ondisk=sda part /home --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part /opt/nnmysql/log --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part /opt --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part /var --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part / --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda part swap --size=2048 --ondisk=sda part /backup --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow --ondisk=sda part /opt/nnmysql/data --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow --ondisk=sdb #Clear the Master Boot Record #zerombr yes #System authorization infomation auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #Firewall configuration firewall --disabled #Do not configure XWindows skipx #Package install information %packages --resolvedeps @ admin-tools @ system-tools @ gnome-desktop @ dialup @ compat-arch-support @ base-x @ server-cfg kernel-smp e2fsprogs system-config-boot %post My isolinux.cfg file [root@ncs-ard1 isolinux]# more isolinux.cfg default nnks prompt 0 timeout 600 display boot.msg F1 boot.msg F2 options.msg F3 general.msg F4 param.msg F5 rescue.msg F7 snake.msg label nnks kernel vmlinuz append ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 text directory structure, </div> <div>_______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@redhat.com <a target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a></div></div> </div></div></body></html>