Kickstart is only supported with the standard boot image. For FTP and
HTTP, there was not enough room to leave it, because the boot image must
have additional libraries.
NFS works great tough, and it's really easy to configure on a Linux box.
If you're stuck with an NT machine, you might want to get NFS Maestro from
www.hummingbird.com, they offer a trial version.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Stephen Anderson wrote:
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:06:57 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Stephen Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Kickstart?
>
> Scratch that! I just found in the manual where it says kickstart is only
> good for CDROM or NFS installations. Ugghhh! Sorry.
>
>
> Stephen Anderson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Stephen Anderson wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately, I still cannot get Kickstart to
> > function properly. I installed my template machine from an ftp server
> > (here in our company). When I try and use the kickstart configuration
> > generated, it skips asking me for NFS, HTTP, or FTP and goes straight to
> > looking for a SCSI card / local CDROM. If I'm using the kickstart, I can
> > find no way to tell it to install from ftp. Can you help me do this?
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Stephen Anderson
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Easy! Just install Mandrake as usual, with the "Custom" option, select
> > > manually the packages and add the mkkickstart package.
> > >
> > > After install, login as root and type:
> > > mkkickstart >ks.cfg
> > >
> > > Just edit the ks.cfg to edit the IP address, and copy the file to your
> > > bootdisk.
> > >
> > > You can now install other machines by typing at the boot disk prompt:
> > > linux ks=floppy
> > > It will parse your ks.cfg file and install automatically.
> > >
> > > Jean-Michel Dault
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Stephen Anderson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:59:18 -0500 (CDT)
> > > > From: Stephen Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [expert] Kickstart?
> > > >
> > > > Is there an ideal way to create a Kickstart for a Linux Mandrake
> > > > installation? I'd love to be able to just walk through the installation
> > > > manually once and have it generate a log (the Kickstart instructions)
> > > > from my choices in the interactive install. Is anything like this
> > > > possible? Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Stephen Anderson
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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