kickstart nfs query

Philip Rowlands phr at doc.ic.ac.uk
Thu Sep 2 21:30:42 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Liz Beresford wrote:

>I am having a problem using nfs and kickstart.
>My ks.cfg file has the entry:
>install nfs --server=192.170.45.2 --dir=/software/install_tree

>However, at the start of the installation, it says that this directory
>cannot be mounted. I click on OK, then I am presented with the IP
>address and the directory from the ks.cfg file.  I confirm these values
>clicking OK and the installation goes on to succeed, with all the
>packages copied from the nfs server. So, the nfs is obviously working.

What does syslog say on the NFS server? Does it even show an attempted
connection? Anything informative on the other VCs (Alt+F2, Alt+F3 etc.)?


Cheers,
Phil





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