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Red Hat Linux AS (Advanced Server) 3 Update 2
DL380 G3 (P29 - 01/08/2003)
Partial S/N: 7310KJN
Product code: 0KJN
Using ilo (Integrated Lights Out Manager) and
Compaq Virtual Floppy (v 1.60) to remotely install.
Installing Linux with Virtual Floppy didn't seem to
work well with the standard 2 floppies (boot.img and
drvnet.img). I combined the needed NIC drivers from
drvnet.img into boot.img (rhdiskmod.html).
I stored the ks.cfg in /tmp/ks.cfg in the initrd and
used the following in syslinux.cfg:
linux ks=file:/tmp/ks.cfg
Next I'll place the ks.cfg in the root of the floppy (outside
the initrd) and test out the following in syslinux.cfg:
ks=file:fd0/ks.cfg
After that I'll place the ks.cfg on the nfs server and try
accessing it with:
ks=nfs:myNFSserver:/var/ftp/pub/kickstart/rhlas3u2-ks.cfg
The above will get an ip address automatically through dhcp.
If the kickstart is not using the NIC port I want then I
will control it with the following:
ksdevice=eth1
If I need to use a static IP address then I'll add the following
lines. These lines are not needed when using DHCP.
ip= IP to use for a network installation, use 'dhcp' for DHCP.
netmask= Netmask to use for a network installation.
gateway= Gateway to use for a network installation.
dns= Comma separated list of nameservers to use for a network installation.
More docs are available from /usr/share/anaconda. These docs are provided as part of the regular anaconda RPM.
Other documentation regarding installation via the network can be found here (a lot of the material applies even when not performing an install via pxe):
kickstart.html
pxe.html
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