Jim Patterson wrote:
I was thinking about setting up a computer with the capability to do a
PXE installation using kickstart. I was wondering if anybody could tell
me how do I prevent the system from reinstalling accidentally (power
outage ...) upon reboot after I have completed the installation?
First, machines normally only PXE boot if you press a specific key
during the boot sequence. Following the reboot after install, they'll
just boot from the hard drive.
In case you find some crazy machine that behaves otherwise, you can set
up your PXE config to boot from the hard drive unless you specifically
choose a kickstart install. Use a "default" PXE config like this:
---
prompt 1
timeout 600
display list.txt
default localboot
label localboot
localboot 0
label rhel4
kernel rhel4u3/vmlinuz
append initrd=rhel4u3/initrd.img
ks=nfs:installhost:/kickstart/server-rhelas4.conf ksdevice=eth0
---
... you'll need to fix that last line. Everything after "append" should
be on one line.
Is there a command line I can input during the installation to tell
it the ks file is on an FTP server or at an NFS location if I start an
installation from CD-ROM?
Yes, use the same ks=<URL> argument that you use in the PXE config.
