en-US/Kickstart2.xml

Rüdiger Landmann rlandmann at fedoraproject.org
Fri Dec 18 00:19:45 UTC 2009


 en-US/Kickstart2.xml |   16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit e80d1ee481129d0419f8e01b5b349dd051d274d0
Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann at redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 18 10:17:28 2009 +1000

    document iscsi and iscsiname kickstart commands BZ#548622

diff --git a/en-US/Kickstart2.xml b/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
index ff99a24..58ab84c 100644
--- a/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
+++ b/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
@@ -1012,7 +1012,16 @@ driverdisk --source=nfs:host:/path/to/img</screen>
 					<secondary><command>iscsi</command>
 					</secondary>
 				</indexterm>
-						issci --ipaddr= [options].
+						iscsi --ipaddr= [options].
+					</para>
+					<para>
+						Specifies additional iSCSI storage to be attached during installation. If you use the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter, you must also assign a name to the iSCSI node, using the <parameter>iscsiname</parameter> parameter. The <parameter>iscsiname</parameter> parameter must appear before the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter in the kickstart file. 
+					</para>
+					<para>
+						We recommend that wherever possible you configure iSCSI storage in the system BIOS or firmware (iBFT for Intel systems) rather than use the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter. <application>Anaconda</application> automatically detects and uses disks configured in BIOS or firmware and no special configuration is necessary in the kickstart file. 
+					</para>
+					<para>
+						If you must use the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter, ensure that networking is activated at the beginning of the installation, and that the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter appears in the kickstart file before you refer to iSCSI disks with parameters such as <parameter>clearpart</parameter> or <parameter>ignoredisk</parameter>.
 					</para>
 
 					<itemizedlist>
@@ -1045,7 +1054,7 @@ driverdisk --source=nfs:host:/path/to/img</screen>
 					</itemizedlist>
 				</listitem>
 			</varlistentry>
-<!--	BZ#306001, remove, unsure as to what this is		
+		
 			<varlistentry>
 				<term><command>iscsiname</command> (optional) 	  </term>
 
@@ -1056,11 +1065,10 @@ driverdisk --source=nfs:host:/path/to/img</screen>
 					<secondary><command>iscsiname</command>
 					</secondary>
 				</indexterm>			
-				
+				Assigns a name to an iSCSI node specified by the iscsi parameter. If you use the <parameter>iscsi</parameter> parameter in your kickstart file, this parameter is mandatory, and you must specify <parameter>iscsiname</parameter> in the kickstart file before you specify <parameter>iscsi</parameter>.
 					</para>
 				</listitem>
 			</varlistentry>
-			-->
 			<varlistentry>
 				<term><command>key</command> (optional)</term>
 				<listitem>





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