1855 - DSA via PXE [Scanned]

[Carl Pickering]

Hi Patrick,

 

Thanks for your reply. Which version of DSA did that work with? I've
downloaded the latest version 8.10.. We've passed the Stage3 information
to the append line previous to submitting to the list, but it then stops
and asks for CD roms.. Hence asking if I could get it to read from
locally stored ISO files.

 

Thanks.

 

Carl

 

From: Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com [mailto:Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com] 
Sent: 11 May 2007 17:43
To: Carl Pickering; linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
Subject: RE: 1855 - DSA via PXE [Scanned]

 

This is the only way I was able to get this to work.

 

Add the following to your append statement: Stage3_type=network
Stage3_mount_type=nfs Stage3_opts=nolock
Stage3_source=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/path/to/expanded/DSA/image

 

Now add a source directory in the DSA image directory and put your ISO's
here. I've got them in a format like RHEL4-x86_64-AS-disc1.iso or
RHEL4-i386-i386-AS-disk1.iso.

 

I have no idea if this is officially supported or not so your mileage
may vary. 

 

I've found it much easier just to inject the necessary drivers into my
initrd's and kickstart scripts. This took a long time to figure out and
the only reason I did it was because I needed to install windows as well
as linux.

 

From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Carl Pickering
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:40 AM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: PE:1855 - DSA via PXE 

 

Hi,

 

Has anyone successfully had DSA running and allowing installation of an
OS, primarily RHEL from PXE?

 

I can get the DSA to start using PXE, but when it comes to installing
the OS, its requesting CD's. Which, naturally would be fine, but my CD's
are ISO images on the PXE server.. Is there a way to pass to the DSA
that it should use locally housed ISO images instead of real physical
CD's. Otherwise, i'd have to change CD's etc, and I'd rather not do
that.

 

I can get another PXE system to boot RHEL, mount and install from my
PXE, but I wan't the drivers for my hardware.. Infact are these stored
on the CD somewhere, and I can put them on a PXE server, and have ks.cfg
wget them, and install?

 

Thanks

 

Carl

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