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

[Rudi Ahlers]

Rafael Morales wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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?
>
>     --
>
>     Kind Regards
>     Rudi Ahlers
>     CEO, SoftDux
>
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>

Unfortunately that option didn't work. The installer then stops and 
prompts for a driver disk, which I don't want.

-- 

Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

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