can't start with kickstart

[Egan Ford]

You can put the ks.cfg on the CD.  Google for tips on how to do this and make
custom RH cds.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hong Zhu
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:50 AM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: can't start with kickstart
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We would like to use kickstart to install RH WS 3 on a blade,
> which only has one USB port for either CDROM drive or floppy
> drive but not at same time.
> 
> I have the ks.cfg on the floppy diskette, and ok to boot the 
> blade from RH CDROM to the boot command. How am I able to perform
> kickstart without cdrom and floppy being available at same time?
> 
> BTW, I also tried to store the ks.cfg on the NFS server (NAS),
> then booted from RH CDROM to boot prompt, and issued:
> ks=nfs:nfs-server-ip-address:/path/to/ks.cfg
> 
> but it just hung. I think it requires the use of DHCP server
> however we don't have this available for kickstart use, and so 
> I'm wondering how we're able to perform kickstart without using DHCP.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Hong
> 
> 
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