I'm able to bypass the cd message using at boot linux scd0=cdrom hda=none ks=hd:sdb/ks.cfg
but now I get the message telling if I want a driver disk. Again, if I select Back the installation proceeds reading from the usb-scsi virtual cd. Any chance to avoid/skip driver disk prompt? Thanks, Gianluca On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Gianluca Cecchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to install f8 (and tried with rh el 5 too) on a dell 1950. > I'm using virtual floppy (for kickstart file) and virtual cd (for dvd iso > image), that are emulated as scsi over usb. > Onboard there is also a physical cd (seen as hda). > Virtual cd is seen initially as /dev/sr0 and then mapped by udev to > /dev/scd0. > Virtual floppy is seen as /dev/sdb > > I'm able to boot from virtual cd and at boot prompt I can type: > > linux ks=hd:sdb/ks.cfg > > so that my automated installation starts correctly using the kickstart > file, where I have the lines: > > install > cdrom > > During installation phase I get an error about not founding cdrom device. > At this point I can choose "back" in the screen and the installation > proceeds automatically using the virtual cd. > Is there a way to tell ks (or in command line) to use automatically the > virtual cd instead of the physical one? > I noticed that in ks docs there is: > cdrom — Install from the first CD-ROM drive on the system. > > Is it the "first" word above causing me the problem? > I would like to have a completely unattanded installation path.... without > necessarily pass through nfs or other network based installations? > I found suggestions about using idex=cdom at boot prompt and tried without > success: > > linux ks=hd:sdb/ks.cfg sr0=cdrom > > linux ks=hd:sdb/ks.cfg scd0=cdrom > > Thanks, > Gianluca >
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