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kickstart file cannot be found during a network installation

Asked by donpar in Red Hat Linux, Linux Setup

Tags: kickstart, file, download

Hi,
I'm trying to kickstart install several Red Hat Enterprise Server 5 on several computers--their configuration is identical.
I have set up the RHES5 installation tree by copying the contents of an ES5 DVD (made from an ISO file) into an NFS installation directory, in this case /distrib/RH51ES.
I then ran the system-config-netboot utility to set up PXE booting.  The PXE booting itself goes fine and the installation proceeds until I choose the correct network interface.  The install continues a bit after that and then pops up an error message: "Unable to download the kickstart file.  Please modify the kickstart parameter below..."  The line below is usually filled with "garbage" such as !H##<CC><CC><CC> ...etc.  This can be erased and a new parameter entered, so I've tried "ks.cfg",  "/distrib/RH51ES/ks.cfg"  "nfs:192.168.0.116:/distrib/RH51ES/ks.cfg" and other variants which didn't work...  
Here is the /etc/dhcpd.conf file that is used:

# DHCP Server Configuration file.
#   see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample  
#
ddns-update-style interim;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
  option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
  option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.242;

  group {
          # option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
          next-server 192.168.0.116;
          filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";
        #  filename "/distrib/RH51ES/ks.cfg";
          host bcc30 {
                hardware ethernet 00:0E:0C:AB:AE:2C;
                fixed-address 192.168.0.30;
                #option host-name "bcc30";
                filename "/distrib/RH51ES/ks.cfg";
          }
        }
}
# End
Some of these lines may be incorrect or meaningless--I'm trying a number of things to try to get this working!
I've tried putting the ks.cfg file into the installation directory and also into the /tftpboot directory with no results.

I'd appreciate any practical experience anyone has had doing network kickstart installs or with this particular error.

Thank you!
Don P.
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Tags: kickstart, file, download
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