[ILUG] PXElinux and Kickstart

[Thomas Pedoussaut]

Paul Reilly wrote:
> I'm testing out PXELinux/SysLinux [1] to do a remote install
> over PXE with Kickstart. Although I can boot in to a remote kernel
> it doesn't seem to proceed to the next step which is to kickstart.
> My kickstart file is shared over NFS (can you do it any other way?)
> but it never seems to be requested.
> My SYSLinux config is:
> 
> default linux
> label linux
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append ksdevice=eth1 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.img \
>          network ks=nfs:mymachine.tld:/linuxboot/ks.cfg
> 
> Does that look OK, or am I missing something?
My pxe boot used to install a floppy/cdromm less mini-itx with mandrake:

label linux
   KERNEL vmlinuz
   APPEND initrd=network.rdz ramdisk=32000 vga=788 
kickstart=Mandrake/base/auto_inst.cfg.pl useless_thing_accepted 
automatic=method:http,network:dhcp,interface:eth0,dns:192.168.0.254 
root=/dev/ram3

I think you need to boot on network.rdz and not a standard initrd.img 
(which can't load the second stage ovoer the net)

-- 
Thomas