Re: [SLUG] RH kickstart

[Charlie Brady <charlieb@nospam.aurema.com>]

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Del wrote:

> My understanding is that if you take the boot.img file off the CDROM, 
> dd it to a floppy, modify the syslinux.cfg file thereon to read something
> like:
> 
> default ks
> prompt 1
> timeout 15
> label ks
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append ks=floppy initrd=initrd.img network
> 
> ... then add a ks.cfg file to the floppy, recreate the boot.img file
> from the floppy using dd, then re-burn the CD using the new boot.img file,
> it should all work.  The ElTorito boot spec says the boot.img file looks
> and works just like a floppy disk, so you can mount it and copy the
> kickstart file off it just like a floppy disk.

Looks and works like a floppy disk to anything using BIOS services that
is. But the Rh installer mounts /dev/fd0 and reads ks.cfg from there. "-)

> What you might consider instead is making the syslinux.cfg file read
> 
> ...
>   append ks initrd=initrd.img network
> 
> instead, and put your kickstart file on your bootp server.  This saves
> you having to re-burn your CD each time the ks.cfg file changes.

That's fine if you plan to have a bootp server. I don't. :-)

Thanks anyway..

Charlie Brady
Aurema Pty Ltd
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