Re: define network in kickstart pre script

You can specify network info on the kernel boot line, i.e.:

linux ks=http://blah/ks.cfg ip=$ip  netmask=$netmask gateway=$gateway 
dns=$dns_server

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Greg_Swift-S3lNbxCJ4k+9IyArzxoquPIbXMQ5te18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've looked around for this, and am continuing to look for an example.
>
> At the install prompt when you run 'linux ks=http://website/ks.cfg' and you
> do not have DHCP available you are prompted for network configuration (or
> you can provide via options).  The IP address at this point is strictly for
> the purpose of getting the kickstart file (from what I've experienced).
> Once the kickstart is downloaded the network configuration inside it
> overrides the local system.  My question, since I know you can access the
> network during the %pre script, is can you setup a script in pre that will
> take the IP configuration initially provided for the ks.cfg download, and
> somehow configure the IP configuration for the rest of the process?
>
> DHCP is not an option for our environment.  At the moment, if I can't
> figure this part out I was going to setup a perl script for the purpose of
> parsing the requested url aand handing back a re-written kickstart.
>
> thanks
>
> greg
>
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