Hi All, I would be lying if I said I am a newbie, but I am rusty so please bear with me. I am looking for a how-to for Redhat or Centos to remake the installation CD. First let me explain: I have an installation disc supplied to me, with centos 5.2 which has kickstart, post and pre installation scripts which run. The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not always able to drop his work and load servers. I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart file is read and run Is there a way to hack around this problem? Can anyone guide me through this process or give me a work around please. Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited.
On 06/19/2009 08:33 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote:> The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not always able to drop his work and load servers. > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart file is read and run > > Is there a way to hack around this problem?yes, dont bother with all this stuff - just setup a network boot environment with something like cobbler ( http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ ) and you are off. If you need cdrom support post-install, you can always use a %post stanza in your kickstart to get it into place. You will find its a lot easier to also import multiple distro's / versions's and share kickstarts, edit them - And remember, http installs are the fastest installs if you server is on the same lan. The _only_ time you ever need to really fiddle with the install media is when your network card drivers need tweaking :) - KB
on 6-19-2009 12:33 AM Chadley Wilson spake the following:> Hi All, > > I would be lying if I said I am a newbie, but I am rusty so please bear with me. > I am looking for a how-to for Redhat or Centos to remake the installation CD. > > First let me explain: > I have an installation disc supplied to me, with centos 5.2 which has kickstart, post and pre installation scripts which run. > > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not always able to drop his work and load servers. > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart file is read and run > > Is there a way to hack around this problem? > > Can anyone guide me through this process or give me a work around please. >Have you tried a 5.3 CD to see if it has support for your cd drive? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090619/9c92e875/attachment.sig>