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

[Adam Rosenwald]

Jens et. al,

Please refer to
https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2007-August/msg00068.html

I've confirmed that this works for virtual deployments via cobbler/koan.

Note that this is NOT located in the aforementioned Red Hat documentation --
but should be.

-A.

On 9/17/07, Adam Rosenwald <thestrider at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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