Fedora Core 4 Kickstart - Problem with packages over NFS

[Richard Hobbs]

Hello,

If i perform a Fedora Core 4 install by booting from CD1, and then selecting
NFS as the install method everything works fine.

If i then take the generated anaconda-ks.cfg file and use it to install
again, it fails at the Packages stage, stating that none of the packages can
be found.

If i comment out the packages section of the ks.cfg file, to prompt it to
ask me for the packages, all packages are greyed out and unavailable, and
all i can install is the "Minimal" setup, which is no good to man nor beast!

Every other aspect of ks.cfg works perfectly, but when i boot using the ks
floppy disk i have created, no packages are available when using NFS as the
install method.

If i try to use HTTP as the boot method (using "url --url
http://192.168.1.2/ks/fc4-install") it doesn't give any errors, but
continues to install from CD anyway.

Does anyone know why this could be happening?

The settings in the ks.cfg file are correct, and when i type them in
manually during a manual install, i can access all the packages without a
problem.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Richard.

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Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator)
Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group
Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/
Email: richard.hobbs at crl.toshiba.co.uk
Tel: +44 1223 376964        Mobile: +44 7811 803377



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