You are correct. I have bootproto=static. At this point, this is what I have: text install key dfsdfgsdggsdg lang en_US.UTF-8 langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us mouse genericwheelps/2 --device psaux skipx nfs --server <a href="http://192.168.49.26">192.168.49.26</a> --dir /vol/vol1/vmimages/kickstart/RH5-server-i386 network --bootproto static --device eth0 --nameserver <a href="http://192.168.49.107">192.168.49.107 </a> --netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0">255.255.255.0</a> rootpw --iscrypted $1$rGjAQdLQm$LNgsdfsVF/TjfszJB6T firewall --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enableldap --enableldapauth --ldapserver <a href="http://ldaps.ourdomain.com"> ldaps.ourdomain.com</a> --ldapbasedn dc=ourdomain,dc=com selinux --disabled timezone --utc America/Chicago bootloader --location=mbr repo --name=repo --baseurl=<a href="http://repo.ourdomain.com/linux/4/$ARCH"> http://repo.ourdomain.com/linux/4/$ARCH</a> ### This part is still broken. reboot %packages %include /mnt/config/includes/RHEL5_packages firstboot %pre # nfs mount the config directory so that we can use %include # in this file to make things cleaner. mkdir /mnt/config mount -t nfs 192.168.49.26:/vol/vol1/vmimages/kickstart/configs /mnt/config %post --nochroot cp /mnt/config/includes/* /mnt/sysimage/root chmod +x /mnt/sysimage/root/system_setup.sh #system_setup.sh used to live here in %post and I will be moving it back in with a %include rather than copying the file to the host if that will #work. For some reason, my hostname still does not get set up in /etc/sysconfig/network even though I pass hostname, ip, and Kit <div>On 8/30/07, Ed Brown <<a href="mailto:ebrown@lanl.gov">ebrown@lanl.gov</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> It does the reverse lookup even before it gets the kickstart file, and flashes a screen telling you it's doing that, though often that goes by so fast you don't see it. You can also watch for it on alt-F3 (or 4?) though. I don't know when it writes /etc/sysconfig/network, but it's there in %post without my doing anything. You do have have the 'network --bootproto=static' line in the kickstart file? -ed Kit Stube wrote: > Come to think of it, I have seen the behavior where the system appears to > have done a reverse lookup of its self and set it's own hostname. :-) > That's perfect. At what point during the install process does it do that? > > Thanks again for all of the great info everyone. > > Kit > > > On 8/30/07, Ed Brown <<a href="mailto:ebrown@lanl.gov">ebrown@lanl.gov</a>> wrote: >> To say this another way, it is not necessary to enter hostname as a >> boot parameter, assuming the ip address can be resolved. >> >> Ed Brown wrote: >>> hostname won't be set during the %post scriptlet without some help, but >>> it should be set on reboot just fine. To set it for the sake of >>> commands in %post (for example, if you need to run cfengine): >>> >>> hostname `grep HOSTNAME /etc/sysconfig/network |cut -d'=' -f2` >>> >>> But as the above implies, it should already be configured on reboot. >>> >>> -Ed >>> >>> >>> >>> Kit Stube wrote: >>>> That worked for the most part. Ed, your a genious! >>>> >>>> The only problem now is that it didn't set the hostname. Is there >>>> some way >>>> to use something like $hostname in post so I can set all that up? >>>> Perhaps that was what Pablo was trying to tell me? I don't >>>> understand how >>>> to process /proc/commandline. Does anyone have an example? >>>> I would be greatly appreciative. >>>> >>>> Kit >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/30/07, Ed Brown <<a href="mailto:ebrown@lanl.gov">ebrown@lanl.gov</a>> wrote: >>>>>> boot: ip=blah gateway=blah netmask=blah dns=blah >>>>> This is not quite complete. And actually, we make a custom boot cd, >>>>> with multiple targets that contain the common parameters, so all >>>>> that's needed at the boot prompt is target, ip and gateway. You'll >>>>> probably need at least this: >>>>> >>>>> boot: linux ks=<a href="http://url_of_kickstart_file">http://url_of_kickstart_file</a> ip=... gateway=... >>>>> netmask=... dns=... >>>>> >>>>> -Ed >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Kickstart-list mailing list >>>>> <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com"> Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> >>>>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Kickstart-list mailing list >>>> <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> >>>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list </a> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Kickstart-list mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> >>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com </a> >> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Kickstart-list@redhat.com">Kickstart-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</a> </blockquote></div>