Is a kickstart installation without DHCP (manual IP) possible?

[Klaus Steden]

> Hello Kickstarters,
> 
> I am trying to perform a kickstart install in a LAN segment that doesn't
> have DHCP available. I am booting from the 1st RHEL CD.
> 
> My boot: prompt options to RHEL(2.1/3/4) look like this:
> 
> linux ks=http://some.server/some.script ip=1.2.3.4 netmask=255.255.255.128
> gateway=1.2.3.1 dns=1.2.3.2
> 
> The result of this is that the a normal interactive install is started from
> CD; the kickstart script is ignored. I have tried to put the ks= at the
> back of the boot: prompt options, but that didn't help any. Also adding a
> ksdevice=eth0 option didn't help.
> 
> How does one use a remote kickstart script when there is no dynamic IP
> available?
> 
Christian,

I ran into almost that exact problem very recently, and found the only way to
convince anaconda to leave the CD alone was to put literally nothing on the CD
(I'm using VMware to test, though, so I didn't make any coasters) - just the
'isolinux' directory and its' contents.

After seeing that the CD isn't useable, anaconda will attempt to fetch the
netstg2.img from somewhere, and installation proceeds acoordingly.

hth,
Klaus