[syslinux] RedHat kickstart with PXELINUX

Peter Lister P.Lister at sychron.com
Thu Sep 5 03:43:21 PDT 2002


> the location of the kickstart file is derived from a kernel commandline
> argument, not from a dhcp response.  for example,

Actually, there a couple of ways to get the name of KS config file. It
would be nice if KS itself could use DHCP...

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/s1-
kickstart2-howuse.html

    To perform a network-based kickstart installation, you must have a
    BOOTP/DHCP server on your network, and it must include
    configuration information for the machine on which you are
    attempting to install Red Hat Linux. The BOOTP/DHCP server will
    provide the client with its networking information as well as the
    location of the kickstart file.

    If a kickstart file is specified by the BOOTP/DHCP server, the
    client system will attempt an NFS mount of the file's path, and
    will copy the specified file to the client, using it as the 
kickstart
    file. The exact settings required vary depending on the BOOTP/DHCP
    server you use.





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