Kickstart Installation

[Ryan Golhar]

I'm having some trouble with kickstart...

I've created a ks.cfg file and put it on the DHCP server in
/usr/kickstart.
I've also NFS shared that directory.

In /usr/kickstart, I have a directory called RedHat which contains a
base directory, RPMS directory and Updates directory all from the CDs.

When I boot one of the other machines using "linux ks", its asks for an
IP address from the DHCP server and is able to get it, however after
that it looks like it boots and installs from the local CD including
prompting me for everything.  I don't want it to do this.  I'd like for
it to obtain everything from the server and be non-interactive.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on?


Here's what my kickstart file looks like:

# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.

install nfs  --server <my server ip address> --dir /usr/kickstart/RedHat
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
mouse genericwheelps/2 --device psaux
xconfig --card "Intel 865" --videoram 65536 --hsync 30-80 --vsync 56-76
--resolution 1280x1024 --depth 24 --startxonboot  --defaultdesktop gnome
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $1$wWBwwWXs$8x4yJ9GOx770D1kzT4.
firewall --enabled --port=ssh:tcp
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
timezone America/New_York
bootloader --location=mbr --append hdc=ide-scsi
# The following is the partition information you requested
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
# not guaranteed to work
clearpart --all --drives=sda
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda
part / --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --grow --ondisk=sda
part swap --size=1000 --grow --maxsize=2000 --ondisk=sda

%packages
@ office
@ kde-desktop
@ engineering-and-scientific
@ gnome-desktop
@ dialup
@ sound-and-video
@ editors
@ admin-tools
@ system-tools
@ base-x
@ graphics
@ development-tools
@ printing
@ games
@ text-internet
@ graphical-internet
@ compat-arch-support
kernel-smp
kernel
grub
vnc

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Ryan Golhar
Analyst II
The Informatics Institute at
The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

Phone: 973-972-5034
Fax: 973-972-7412
Email: golharam at umdnj.edu