CentOS - Dec 2006 - Kickstart: Give IP From ks= Cmdline A Myth?

Hey, someone just told me yesterday that I can give my machine an 
initial IP address, gateway, dns server, and netmask via command line 
like this:

linux ks=http://www.mydomain.com/kick.ks ip=192.168.1.5 
netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1 dns=192.168.1.10

Is this true?  Is the syntax wrong or right?

If so, and I call my kick.ks file and it has
install
cdrom

it'll pull the files from the CD but won't launch the CD install right?
I just want to initiate a kickstart where the systems get their drive 
partitioning info, IP addressing & hostname attributes, and minimal 
install packages, from the kickstart file.

Is it really true that you can use the above command line to give an 
address for the machine to use in seeking out a kickstart file on the 
network?  I tried it a few times last night an looked for a very long 
time for examples of this syntax, and found none.

-krb

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 at 11:52am, Karl R. Balsmeier wrote
> Is it really true that you can use the above command line to give an
address
> for the machine to use in seeking out a kickstart file on the network?  I 
> tried it a few times last night an looked for a very long time for examples
> of this syntax, and found none.
yum -y install anaconda
less /usr/share/doc/anaconda-10.1.1.46/command-line.txt
.
.
.
ip=<ip>         IP to use for a network installation, use 'dhcp'
for DHCP.

netmask=<nm>    Netmask to use for a network installation.

gateway=<gw>    Gateway to use for a network installation.

dns=<dns>       Comma separated list of nameservers to use for a network
                 installation.


-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

> Hey, someone just told me yesterday that I can give my machine an 
> initial IP address, gateway, dns server, and netmask via command line 
> like this:
> linux ks=http://www.mydomain.com/kick.ks ip=192.168.1.5 
> netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1 dns=192.168.1.10
> Is this true?  Is the syntax wrong or right?
>From what I understand, the syntax you mention above will only assign
the network information to that host for the duration of the kickstart.
It will not permanently assign that info to the kickstarted machine.

I think what you are looking for is something inside your ks file,
something like this:

network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.1.51 --netmask=255.255.255.0
--gateway=192.168.1.254 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --device=eth0
--hostname myhost.home.org
> If so, and I call my kick.ks file and it has
> install
> cdrom
> it'll pull the files from the CD but won't launch the CD install
right?  
> I just want to initiate a kickstart where the systems get their drive 
> partitioning info, IP addressing & hostname attributes, and minimal 
> install packages, from the kickstart file.
Yep, that's right.