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Sun Update Connection - Enterprise Bare Metal Installation Guide

ProcedureTo Edit the netboot File

  1. Open the netboot file in a text editor. The netboot file is located in the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/MAC-address-of-system-to-provision/ directory on the BMI server.

  2. The netboot file contains the kernel parameters. The line that you most probably need to check or edit is the append line.

    In the following example, the append line is shown on two lines, but it will be on a single line in the file.


    default ks
prompt 1
timeout 10
label ks
kernel images/redhat/AS_3.0/vmlinux
append ksdevice=eth0 ks=nfs:10.0.1.3:/tftpboot/images/redhat/AS_3.0/kickstart
initrd=images/redhat/AS_3.0/initrd.img

    1. If there is more than one network card to choose from, verify that the value of ksdevice is correct.

    2. Verify that the value of ks correctly points to the appropriate configuration file, either Kickstart or YaST (or the AutoYaST module of YaST2), and that the path is correct.

    3. Verify that the value of initrd is the correct distribution and path to the network setup for the operating system that you want to install.