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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>Just to let everyone know, I've solved the
problem.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>In my ks.cfg file, it helps if you put the ip address
of the system you are building, vice</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>that of your NFS server. Once I fixed that little
detail, RHEL5 built nicely.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=315271914-29082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>The next problem is that the virtual machine wouldn't
fully boot. It stays at the grub</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>menu wanting booting instructions. I've checked
the kind of VM I built and its hard</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>disk drive and did it with SCSI. Does RHEL5 have
any issues with SCSI?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>The manually built system that worked for me and is
fully functional was built with</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=315271914-29082007>IDE drives. I wonder what the difference
is?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=-1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"><BR>R,<BR>-<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Joe Wulf</SPAN>, CISSP, USN(RET)<BR> Senior IA
Engineer<BR> ProSync Technology Group, LLC<BR> <IMG
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A
href="http://www.prosync.com">www.prosync.com</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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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>Joe_Wulf<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 01:12<BR><B>To:</B>
kickstart-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> NFS not mountable when
kickstarting RHEL5x32 via Fedora 7<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a weird
problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have Fedora 7
built up as my DNS, tftp, DHCP and kickstart server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can successfully
build RHEL AS4u5.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've now tried
RHEL5.... it boots up initially, gets to the anaconda</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>screen and
freezes, never to go any further.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>When checking the
box to be built (actually a VM), console 4 gives</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>continuous errors
regarding unable to NFS mount the kickstart source.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>HALP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is weird, as
I have a manually built VM with RHEL 5, full system</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>install, and it
can moments later successfully mount the same</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=650200705-28082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>location as the
KS'd VM is attempting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=-1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"><BR>R,<BR>-<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Joe Wulf</SPAN>, CISSP, USN(RET)<BR> Senior IA
Engineer<BR> ProSync Technology Group, LLC<BR> <IMG
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src="cid:315271914@29082007-14D8"><BR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline">www.prosync.com</SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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