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Re: nfs kickstart scripts
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Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:46:39 -0600
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A little more detail:  The iso images for SL4 and SL5 used to stop with the boot: prompt after loading the kernel. I would then specify

boot: linux=nfs:<server>:/path/to/kickstart



On 03/09/2011 05:32 PM, Ken Teh wrote:
> The install and boot iso's no longer issue a boot prompt. I used to make use of this feature in SL4 and SL5 in order to download a kickstart from an nfs server. The kickstarts would typically specify our local mirror as a install source. It also allowed to customize kickstarts for particular machine configs.
>
> Is this still possible in SL6? Is it done differently?

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