e1000 kickstart, still

Poole, John J john.j.poole at usa-spaceops.com
Tue Mar 15 16:25:15 UTC 2005


Greetings,
    I load/reload our PC's remotely(RHEL 3WS update 4 currently). I copy my kickstart file, vmlinuz and initrd.img to /boot. I then modify grub to boot off
the /boot/install-vmlinuz and get kickstart file from /boot locally. In the KS file, I can install via NFS or HTTP. I have managed to hack(with help from
some kind folks on the web) the initrd.img and install a "loader" file with patches to fix e1000 kickstart problems. NFS works but HTTP still the first
attempt to download the install image. Clicking OK on the fails screen causes it to resume and work ok. I just read the new anaconda-9.1.4.1-1 fixes the
e1000 problem. I installed anaconda-9.1.4.1-1 on my PC and did a "make". I then copied the newly created "loader" into the initrd.img file from the RHEL
update 4 /isolinux directory. HTTP still fails on the first attempt and then picks up after selecting OK.
   I have really struggled to get these machines loaded without human intervention. I am an Admin type and not a programmer and was elated when I managed to
get an NFS install to work. I ultimately would like to use HTTP. Could someone advise what I am missing or doing wrong? I guess I need a step by step guide.
This problem seems to have lingered a long time with no easy fix/workaround provided for us dummies. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John Poole
 

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