[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler-koan: installer asks for ip, netmask, gateway, dns

[Adam Rosenwald]

Thanks.  Moving to kickstart-list.

On 9/17/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Adam Rosenwald wrote:
> > Strictly speaking, our question belongs on the kickstart mailing list;
> > however, this whole process falls within the context of provisioning
> > virtual systems within cobbler.  Thx,
> >
> > -A.
> >
>
> Yes, I'd take this up with kickstart-list if you are having problems
> configuring static IP's.
>
> You said:  "This leads me to believe that there must be additional
> kernel options not mentioned in the documentation "
>
> I really doubt it, though it's hard to tell what's going on just from
> your email.   I would take this up with kickstart-list at redhat.com as
> networking setups do come up there quite a lot.  I've also created a
> Google search engine for it here that turns up a lot of threads on the
> subject
> of static IP configuration ...
> http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=016811804524159694721%3A1h7btspnxtu
>
> If you can't find an answer, you could also boot DHCP and just use the
> kickstart to configure the static configuration, or you could
> also use DHCP reservations for IP assignment (which cobbler makes quite
> easy to handle with manage_dhcp enabled).
>
>
> > Jens Ahrens wrote:
> >
> >> I'm running FC7 with
> >> kernel-xen-2.6.20-2931.fc7
> >> xen-libs-3.1.0-2.fc7
> >> xen-3.1.0-2.fc7
> >> cobbler-0.6.1-2.fc7
> >>
> >> I'm trying to install a paravirtual machine
> >> (Scientific Linux 4.5) with a fixed ip-address(no
> >> private ip) and hostname and a kickstartfile
> >> accessible via e.g. http (nfs would also be possible).
> >> Everything seems to work, but the installation tries
> >> to determine the IP for eth0, which ends up in a menu
> >> asking for ip, netmask, gateway and dns.
> >> If I do the input manually the installtion continue
> >> using the values provided by my kickstart file.
> >>
> >> How can I pass the values like ip, netmask, gateway
> >> and dns to the SL4.5 installer, without having to type
> >> them in manually?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >>
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