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Operating Systems Linux RHEL5 Kickstart Problem... HELP! Post 302198340 by mkono on Thursday 22nd of May 2008 05:38:29 PM
Old 05-22-2008
Question RHEL5 Kickstart Problem... HELP!
Folks,
Im hoping you guys can help me. Here is a description of what I have going on.

Fresh VM, trying to run a Kickstart Install on it for RHEL5. I am looking to access the kickstart file through nfs.

I boot from a local ISO image and everything goes fine, I get to the boot prompt and enter linux ks=nfs:43.145.XXX.XX:/data/ks/ksrh5x86_64.cfg

---it is at this point where I am confused on what to do---
I have in a document left to me by someone who used to work here, the following information.

#linux ks=nfs:43.136.2.31:/data/ks/ksrh5x86_64.cfg
ksdevice=eth0
ip=xx.xxx.xx.xx
netmask=xxx.xxx.xxx.x
gateway=xx.xxx.xxx.xx
noipv6

---Here is my problem----

I do this at the boot prompt, everything flows until it comes back saying sending request for IP information for eth0"...That goes on for a few minutes then I get a screen that pops up saying "Error Downloading Kickstart File"

"Unable to Download the Kickstart file, Please modify the Kickstart paramater below or press cancel to proceed as an interactive installation"


---Questions---
I am not well versed in RHEL5 and this is my first time doing a Kickstart install.

-Am I supposed to enter the KSdevice,IP,netmask,gateway and noipv6 on the same line that I am entering the ks=nfs path?

-Is there something I am missing?


I would be forever greatfull if someone could assist me with this.
I am stumped and confused.

I am looking forward to learning more about this and would appreciate the assistance.

Many Thanks,
Mathew
 

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debugreiserfs

DEBUGREISERFS(8)					      System Manager's Manual						  DEBUGREISERFS(8)

NAME

       debugreiserfs

SYNOPSIS

       debugreiserfs [ -dDJmoqpS ] [ -j device ] [ -B blocknumber ]

       device

DESCRIPTION

       It helps sometimes to solve problems with reiserfs filesystems. Being called w/o options it prints super block of reiserfs filesystem found
       on the device.

       device is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdXX for IDE disk partition or /dev/sdXX for SCSI disk partition).

OPTIONS

       -j device
	      print contents of journal. Also with the option -p it allows to pack journal into archive with other metadata

       -J     print journal header.

       -d     print formatted nodes of the internal tree of the filesystem

       -D     print formatted nodes of all used blocks of the filesystem

       -m     print contents of bitmap (not very useful)

       -o     print objectid map (not very useful)

       -1 blocknumber
	      print specified block of the filesystem

       -p     Makes debugreiserfs to find filesystem metadata This option exists to help reiserfsck debugging.	If  reiserfsck	fails  -  you  may
	      extract  filesystem metadata with debugreiserfs -p /dev/xxx |gzip -c > xxx.gz. We download that data and make the filesystem similar
	      to your with gunzip -c xxx.gz | unpack /dev/xxx (unpack is included into reiserfsprogs package). This usually  allows  to  reproduce
	      and debug the problem quickly. When data file is not too large.

       -S     When  -S	is not specified -p deals with blocks marked used in the filesystem bitmap. With this option set they will work with whole
	      device.

       -q     Suppress showing speed of progress when -p is in use

AUTHOR

       This version of debugreiserfs has been written by Hans Reiser <reiser@idiom.com>.

BUGS

       There are probably few of them. Please, report bugs to ReiserFS mail-list <reiserfs-list@namesys.com>.

SEE ALSO

       reiserfsck(8), mkreiserfs(8)

Reiserfsprogs 3.6.4						   January 2002 						  DEBUGREISERFS(8)
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