Kickstart Install Using FTP 1

[itsp1965]

Hi guys, I have successfully managed to setup kickstart to run over FTP. Have a couple of questions though;

1. I bootup with with the CD and run linux ks=ftp://ftpserver/pub/ks.cfg

Now I am assuming since I haven't configured a network stack,the server's NIC has been probed and looking for a DHCP server in order to obtain an IP address and then searching for the FTP server. Is this the case?

2. If I am using DHCP as per 1., is it possible to configure a static IP address on the NIC (ie without the presence of a DHCP server).

I am probably going to set this up at a customer site that is running private VLAN running these hosts and there are no DHCP servers (and don't think I'll be allowed to set one up)

Please advise. Thank you.

 

[jgunkel]

Just to get this straight, You are booting and installing from physical media and using an ftp server to host your kickstart files, correct?

If I remember correctly, in that situation, anaconda will prompt you for network settings.

If you have room on your ftp server though, I highly recommend mounting your media (physical, iso, or copy of the disc contents) there and installing from ftp, while booting with a small cd. It's a much quicker install.

 

[itsp1965]

No Jgunkel, I am booting up with Redhat CD#1 and then downloading the install from the FTP server. I would need to test not having my DHCP server running to see if it prompts using anaconda. Thanks

 

[zeland]

You could have multiple kisckstart files for each host, each with a predefined network setting.
{code]
network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --gateway=192.168.1.250 --ip=192.168.1.100 --nameserver=192.168.1.10 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --onboot=on
[/code]

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[itsp1965]

Hi Zeland, can you tell where this information can be entered? Is it at the boot prompt and what is the format of the filename to be used? Thanks.

 

[itsp1965]

Okay Zeland I figured it out.. Thanks again