[sf-lug] Redhat Kickstart

[nathank]

I got this working in a VM! But on the hardware (dell 1950) it fails.
Tried turning off auto negation on the switch, still same effect. Now
I'm thinking its either the NICs module (bnx2) or its a network issue.


nathank wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If your on the svlug list, sorry for the dual posting.
>
> Having a odd problem with a network kickstart setup. The client will
> load fine though PXE, get a IP and all. Before the installer looks for
> the stage2.img file it will try to make another request for an IP, this
> part always fails. If I manually enter the IP the rest of the install
> will work fine, its just that second DHCP request that never seems to
> work. Pretty sure its not the network, since I've setup a test client
> and server  on a couple of VMs on their own private network but the same
> problem shows up. So at this point not sure if its my configs or
> something else I'm missing. Anyone have any clues?
>
> default file for pxe:
> label linux
> kernel /pxeboot/vmlinuz
> append initrd=/pxeboot/initrd.img
> ks=http://10.10.13.80/network-install/KS/3.cfg ip=dhcp
>
>
> kickstart file:
> install
> url --url http://10.10.13.80/network-install/RPMS/U3/
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
> keyboard us
> #xconfig --card "ATI ES1000" --videoram 16384 --hsync 29-82 --vsync
> 55-75 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16 --startxonboot  --defaultdesktop gnome
> rootpw --iscrypted monkeysinmyhairidontlikemonkeys
> firewall --disabled
> selinux --disabled
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> timezone --utc America/Los_Angeles
> bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
> clearpart --all
>
> %packages
> @ system-tools
> @ gnome-desktop
> @ dialup
> @ compat-arch-support
> @ base-x
> e2fsprogs
> -ckermit
> grub
> -bluez-pin
> lvm2
> sysstat
> -zsh
> -OpenIPMI-tools
> -samba-client
> kernel-smp
> -screen
> -xdelta
> -nmap
> -open
> -ethereal
> -openldap-clients
>
> %post
>
>
>
>
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