RE: Kickstart Configuration Inquiry

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

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    To: "'Harry Hoffman'" <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>, "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:29:51 -0700

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Harry Hoffman [mailto:hhoffman@ip-solutions.net]
    > Do you have the latest version of the ISOs?

    Harry,

    I have the Box-Set Isos. Several Copies, in fact. No idea what
    versions, besides "latest to press". I don't know about your box,
    but this xServer has dual Broadcom NetXtreme 5770 Gigabit Ethernet
    NICs onboard. Broadcom ships version 7.6.6 of their driver on a
    CD that comes with the xServer. I was told when we got these servers
    in Q4 last year, that they were bleeding edge, and I had to install
    the driver from CD. I did, and have had no problems with manual install.

    The problem is when doing the network install... The Boot Agent
    finds it's initrd via DHCPD, and boots up to the Curses-Based installer.
    the installer flips through (and finds) some modules, and installs
    them, before stopping abruptly with a Kickstart Error: "Error Opening
    kickstart file (null): Bad address"

    Alt-F3 shows that the modprobe never found a NIC.

    I can then <enter> thru the default prompts until asked to specify the
    location of the installation Media. If I choose any network-based source, I
    get a 'no driver found' error, where I am prompted to select a driver, use a
    driver disk, or go back from whence I came. Neither of the provided
    Broadcom drivers actually works, and if I try to use the Broadcom CD as a
    "Driver Disk", I learn that sadly, it is not a redhat "driver disk".

    Randomly trying other drivers doesn't bear any fruit either. (Not that it
    should, mind you.) Alt-F3 shows that the modules are stored in
    /modules/modules.cgz but I am not certain where to look for that. Both

    # find / -iname modules.cgz

    and

    # updatedb;slocate modules.cgz

    come up empty-handed on the host system. Where does the net-boot client get
    it's initial filesystem from? If I can find that, (And open it -- what's a
    .cgz?) then I can add the .o file I need, and probably botch together a
    line-item for it in the manual side too.

    Thanks in advance,

    -G 

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