Kickstart Configuration Inquiry

From: Gavin McDonald (gavitron_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/27/05

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:51:26 -0700

    Hello Again,

    Hopefully one of the seasoned veterans here can help me with this minor
    "issue" I am having with RHEL 3 ES...

    The machine is an IBM xSeries 336, with a Broadcom GigE adapter. The
    adapter comes with SRPMS for the kernel module, and when installing
    the OS from CD, I can install the module after the basic install is
    finished. (also from CD.)

    But I am trying to setup a kickstart server, and a diskless install.
    I have successfully followed the directions provided at redhat.com,
    and I can boot through to the install routine.

    However, the default boot environment can't see my NIC. So I can boot
    off of the network, but I am unable to load my install media.

    The Redhat guide makes no mention of how to add modules to the network
    boot image, and googling for the obvious keywords returned only a passing
    reference to the same.

    How do I do this? I'm sure all I have to do is "borrow" a compiled
    module from another (identical) system, and drop it in the "right"
    place. Problem is, no one seems to have clearly, publicly, documented
    said place. Maybe someone here knows?

    Also, as an afterthought, if you have a detailed reference for the
    post-install scripting, please pass it along? I'd like to script
    as much of the post-kickstart config as possible, but am not quite sure
    where to put the media I will be using. (like Veritas agent, JRE, IBM
    Agents, etc.) There seems to be a lot of information available for
    older redhats though, so I should be able to hack it out... If you're
    only going to answer one part of this question, please help with the
    first part instead! :)

    Thanks in Advance,
    -G

    Gavin McDonald 

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