NFS kickstarts with FC2 doesn't seem to be working. I do the following:
(1) make my boot CD with boot.iso
(2) boot the machine and type
linux ks=nfs:192.168.1.254:/disks/3/Fedora/2/install/ks/maria
at the prompt. I've appended the maria kickstart file below.
(3) Alt-F3 shows me that the NFS mount of the cdrom directory fails. In
fact, it's worse. My NFS server logs shows that the installee never
attempted to mount the installation directory. I append a few lines
from Alt-F3 here.
doing kickstart.... setting it up
url is 192.168.1.254:/disks/3/Fedora/2/install/ks/maria
file location: nfs://192.168.1.254:/disks/3/Fedora/2/install/ks/maria
failed to mount nfs source
trying to mount CD device hdc
The paradox is that I can do an NFS image install interatively through
boot.iso. So, obviously, the boot.iso kernel configures the network card
and successfuly NFS mounts the installation directory (which I have
verified) on my server. I just can't drive the process through with a
remote kickstart script.
Any ideas?
Ken
Here's the maria kickstart:
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#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
#System language
lang en_US
#Language modules to install
langsupport en_US
#System keyboard
keyboard us
#System mouse
mouse none
#Sytem timezone
timezone --utc America/Chicago
#Root password
rootpw changeit
#Use text mode install
text
#Install OS instead of upgrade
install
#Use NFS installation Media
nfs --server=192.168.1.254 --dir=/disks/3/Fedora/2/cdrom
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes
#Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#Disk partitioning information
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 128
part swap --size 1900
part / --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --grow --maxsize 1
#System authorization infomation
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
#Do not configure XWindows
skipx
#Package install information
%packages --resolvedeps
@ Text-based Internet
@ Printing Support
