Kickstart Configuration Inquiry

[Gavin McDonald]

Not to be a bother, but I was not sure this got through to the list on
Tuesday.

Regards.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:gavitron at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:30 PM
To: 'Harry Hoffman'; 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: Kickstart Configuration Inquiry

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Hoffman [mailto:hhoffman at ip-solutions.net] 
> Do you have the latest version of the ISOs?


Harry,

I have the Box-Set Isos.  Several Copies, in fact.  No idea what
versions, besides "latest to press".  I don't know about your box,
but this xServer has dual Broadcom NetXtreme 5770 Gigabit Ethernet
NICs onboard.  Broadcom ships version 7.6.6 of their driver on a 
CD that comes with the xServer.  I was told when we got these servers
in Q4 last year, that they were bleeding edge, and I had to install
the driver from CD.  I did, and have had no problems with manual install.

The problem is when doing the network install...  The Boot Agent
finds it's initrd via DHCPD, and boots up to the Curses-Based installer.
the installer flips through (and finds) some modules, and installs
them, before stopping abruptly with a Kickstart Error: "Error Opening
kickstart file (null): Bad address"

Alt-F3 shows that the modprobe never found a NIC. 

I can then <enter> thru the default prompts until asked to specify the
location of the installation Media.  If I choose any network-based source, I
get a 'no driver found' error, where I am prompted to select a driver, use a
driver disk, or go back from whence I came.  Neither of the provided
Broadcom drivers actually works, and if I try to use the Broadcom CD as a
"Driver Disk", I learn that sadly, it is not a redhat "driver disk".

Randomly trying other drivers doesn't bear any fruit either.  (Not that it
should, mind you.)  Alt-F3 shows that the modules are stored in
/modules/modules.cgz but I am not certain where to look for that.  Both 

# find / -iname modules.cgz

and 

# updatedb;slocate modules.cgz 

come up empty-handed on the host system.  Where does the net-boot client get
it's initial filesystem from?  If I can find that, (And open it -- what's a
.cgz?) then I can add the .o file I need, and probably botch together a
line-item for it in the manual side too.

Thanks in advance,

-G