Fw: Kickstart file on USB floppy with Model SC1435

Mon Feb 26 00:08:05 CST 2007

Hi,

I have tried with ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg.  But the kickstart file not able to
be read and it goes to the GUI installation prompt afterward.  Any
suggestion I can work on?

The USB floppy is an IBM one, Dell BIOS can detect the IBM drive is TEAC
body.

Thanks,
Amos

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           26/02/2007 11:48 AM                                                                                  

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 11:36 +0800, amos.wai at asia.bnpparibas.com wrote:

> Thanks.  But I'm using USB floppy / thumb drive to store the kickstart
file
> but not able to make it read by the installation.
>
> Later on I found this message thread from this helpful forum:
>
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2007-January/029458.html
>
> Should this also solve my problem come acrossed?  (with syntax: linux
> ks=hd:sdb1/ks_file.cfg)?

You need an extra colon:

  ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg
            ^

Whether it's sda, sdb, sdc or whatever depends on how many scsi or sata
disks are installed.  If you have no scsi or sata disks it will be sda,
with one it will be sdb, with two sdc and so on.

--
Ian

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