[syslinux] PXE / Kickstart / nfs ....

[Michel-André]

Maybe:

ksdevice=*eth0*

network --device *eth1* --bootproto dhcp

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Mauricio Villamil a écrit :
> hello there, 
>
> I wonder if you could help me:
>
>  I am trying to install 50 diskless servers using PXE / kickstart, it all starts well, DHCP server issues a dynamic address, tftp issues the kickstart file, the client starts reading the KS file but at some point anaconda brings up an unhandled exception related to Python when reading  Comps.xml??
>
> What is really unsettling is the fact that if I plug a IDE cdrom to the server (it has an IDE port inside) and boot from cd/dvd, then I can issue a: linux ks=nfs:198.162.0.0.:/export/moonshine/ks.rnode.cfg and it will work perfectly, not breaking at all the network installation.
>
> Please note that the clients have two network cards eth0 and eth1
>
> These are samples of the files I am using: 
>
> the default file for PXE booting is:
>
> default linux
>
> label linux
>         kernel vmlinuz
>         append  initrd=initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 text linux ks=nfs:192.168.0.0:/export/moonshine/ks.rnode.cfg  ksdevice=eth0 ip=dhcp
>
> =================================================================================
>
> the kicstart file is:
>
> # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
>
> install
> #reboot
> #cdrom
> text
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> keyboard uk
> #xconfig --driver "vesa" --resolution 800x600 --depth 8 --startxonboot
> xconfig --resolution 800x600 --depth 8 --startxonboot
> network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp
> nfs --server 192.168.0.0 --dir /export/moonshine/
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$71fLV/wH$V4OQNd6WZ32srMY60axN//
> firewall --disabled
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> selinux --disabled
> timezone --utc Europe/London
> bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=hda --append="rhgb quiet" --md5pass=$1$oPmnmKSW$M2RyKA9xPM33Ml7i7o3EL.
> # The following is the partition information you requested
> # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
> # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
> # not guaranteed to work
> clearpart --all --drives=sda
> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda
> part pv.8 --size=1 --grow  --ondisk=sda
> volgroup RootVolumeGroup pv.8
> #volgroup SwapVolumeGroup pv.9
> logvol swap --fstype swap --name=SwapVolume --vgname=RootVolumeGroup --size=4064
> logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=rootVolume --vgname=RootVolumeGroup --size=1 --grow
>
> %packages
> @admin-tools
> @base
> @core
> @development-libs
> @development-tools
> @editors
> @system-tools
> kernel-devel
>
> %post --nochroot
>
> cat /mnt/source/rnodestage2 >> /mnt/sysimage/etc/rc.d/rc.local
> cp /mnt/source/inittab.3 /mnt/sysimage/etc/inittab
>
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>
>
> Well.... can anyone give me an idea about solving this ???
>
> Thank you all very much.
>
> Mauricio Villamil
>
>
> Mauricio Villamil
> Technician Demonstrator -Linux studio-
> Arts Institute at Bournemouth
>
> MA Digital Effects
> BA(Hons)Computer Visualization & Animation
> BA(Hons)Fine Art -Painting-
>
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