Kickstart RHEL5/1955 without DHCP

[J. Epperson]

On Wed, July 4, 2007 06:51, Youssef Ghorbal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 	I'm trying to set up a 1955 Dell server using Redhat  Kickstart.
> 	In the boot menu on the Redhat Installation prompt I type :
>
> 	linux noipv6 text ksdevice=eth0 ip=X.X.X.X netmask=X.X.X.X
> gateway=X.X.X.X dns=X.X.X.X ks=http://path/rhel5/ks/server.cfg
>
> 	But this does not seem to work since it falls with a message "faild
> to retreive http://path/rhe5/ks/server.cfg.
> 	What get me crazy is that at any time he set the given IP adress (no
> ping)
>
> 	Th same boot line works fine with a 1855...
>

You know that these enumerate the NICs backwards from the 1855s, right? 
You're sure eth0 is connected, and to the network you think it is?  Have
you tried eth1 in your ks file?