How do I install a NIC driver image from the CD & a kickstart file?

[Rafael Morales]

Hi Rudi,

Maybe you must add the --type FLAG and  give the  path of driver like this

*driverdisk --source=cdrom://path/to/dd.img

*as the path of ks.cfg file*

*

I hope this help you.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Does anyone know how todo this?
> According to the CentOS 5 kickstart notes,
>
> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos5/centos5_installation_guide/centos5_s1-kickstart2-options.html
> I need to use the driverdisk option, but I can't get it to work The
> motherboard I use is a Gigabyte GA-32MX-S2, which has the following NIC:
> http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/CentOS5/RealTek/r1000
> So, I saved the r1000-2.6.18_8.img file to the ISO image before I burned
> it to a CD
>
> Adding the line "driverdisk=r1000-2.6.18_8.img" to ks.cfg just gives me
> an error.
>
> Trying the option "expert" also gives me an error. So, how do I load a
> NIC driver disk via the kickstart file?
>
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>
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> Rudi Ahlers
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Atentamente,
Rafael A. Morales C
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