bootable CD or diskette for FC3, how can i do it?

[kenneth graham]

thanks Phil for your awnsers and your time


actually what i tried is to put a small kernel in a CD and from it, changing 
the BIOS , but that was a bad idea, there were  panic errors etc...i dont 
really remember , and i dont have the CDs anymore!!

can i boot form CD 1 of FC3 and when I get the "boot> " wirte :

boot> linux ks=http://some.server/ks.cfg  ip=1.2.3.4 netmask=255.255.255.128 
gateway=1.2.3.1 dns=1.2.3.2

and after take the CD out, because i suppose that he will take the packages 
that I specified inside the ks.cfg  from the http server?


i have many servers to do the same, so I think i will put everything in the 
http server, with different ks.cfg

do i need to have all of the packages in the same directory?

thanks again,
have a good day





> >1. could you explaind to me STEP by STEP how can i do a good bootable CD 
>and
> >be able to do a kickstart installation using a http server to take the
> >packages and/or the ks.cfg file ? (i have tried it twice, but still not
> >working, i thing i am missing something :) )
>
>What did you try? What happened? What error messages did anaconda
>display (check Alt+F2, Alt+F3 etc. virtual consoles)
>
> >2. do i need to copy the 3 CDs of FC3 in the http server?
>
>(4 CDs.) Yes. In theory, if you don't specify any packages from, say,
>CD2 then nothing will complain that those RPMs are missing. The README
>file in the base of the Fedora tree explains how to copy the CDs over
>one another.
>
> >3. I hace the DHCP server installed , do i really need it?
>
>Not if you specify static IP addresses everywhere.
>
> >4. is it possible to do the kickstart installation with a diskette? if 
>yes,
> >how?
>
>It's possible to put the kickstart file on a floppy, but you can't boot
>from one as the install images have grown too large in recent releases.
>
>An alternative I'd recommend looking into if you'll be doing a lot of
>installs is network booting, where all the configuration can live on the
>server and there's no need to create custom floppies or CDs per host or
>per subnet.
>
>
>Cheers,
>Phil
>
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