I'm testing a way to install/upgrade some remote systems.  What I'm 
doing is hand jamming a change in /boot/grub/grub.conf to point to 
/boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd.img from the /image/pxeboot directory off 
the install DVD, tried both 6.1 and 6.2.  Both files have been copied to 
/boot on the test server.

When I boot to this kernel/image combination I use the following boot 
parameters to get a psuedo netboot/pxeboot installation started:

ks=nfs:<IPADDRESS>:<PATH to kickstart> ksdevice=link vnc vncpassword=<PW>

The problem I'm running into is that the ksdevice parameter seems to be 
getting ignored.  I've tried ksdevice=ethX with the appropriate network 
interface name, ksdevice=link and ksdevice=<MACADDR> but the system 
consistently stops at the screen asking me to choose which interface to 
use.

I tried a similar method using a Fedora 15 vmlinuz/initrd.img and 
ksdevice=link and it worked as expected.  Is there some magic I'm 
missing or is that ksdevice parameter not functioning properly from the 
install DVD's copies of vmlinuz/initrd.img?

I'd really like to get this working to help with some remote system 
installations.

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Stephen Berg
Systems Administrator
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