network kickstart without dhcp server

[Jason Kohles]

On 11/3/05, Darren Birkett <darren.birkett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to have my kickstart file on an nfs mount, the
> installation media on another nfs mount, and to use a statically defined ip
> address >defined with options at the boot prompt. For example >
> >boot> linux ks=nfs:1.2.3.4/my/ks <http://1.2.3.4/my/ks> ip= 9.9.9.9<http://9.9.9.9>gateway=
> 9.9.9.1 <http://9.9.9.1> netmask= 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>
> >
> >I'm not able to run a dhcp server in my environment so unless I can
> define the networking info to my target machine at the boot prompt, it's not
> >going to be able to access the kickstart or installation files on the
> network.
>
> Well it would appear the answer is no. Redhat tries to get the kickstart
> file off the nfs export BEFORE it uses the networking info provided on the
> command line to set up its networking. And I was so excited...
>
>
> The answer is emphatically yes, I do it this way all the time, although
with http installs. There may be something different in the nfs code path.

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