[Fedora-sparc] Issues with Sparc 9-Beta DVD ISO & Kickstart

Dennis Gilmore dennis at ausil.us
Thu Apr 2 16:57:23 UTC 2009


On Thursday 02 April 2009 11:19:47 am Worsham, Michael wrote:
> I have a Sun Sunfire V120 with 1GB ram and I have tried testing out the
> 9-Beta ISO. I have gotten the netboot ISO to work, but I cannot get the
> DVD iso working.
Last time i did a DVD install i had to burn the dvd at the slowest speed i 
could   i generally use dvd-r media

> Upon booting with the DVD iso, I get to 'SI' then it stops and it never
> continues. I am burning the ISO to a DVD+R disc and using the X7288A
> internal DVD-Rom drive.
>
> If I use the netboot ISO, I have to use the menu options to get through
> everything for setting up the network cards, IPs, etc. However, I tried
> to utilize a kickstart configuration, but it seems to never see it.
>
> Here's the command line I am using for the boot:
> linux ks=http://192.168.0.3/ks/epsilon.cfg ksdevice=eth0 ip=192.168.0.11
> dns=192.168.0.2 gateway=192.168.0.2 netmask=255.255.255.0 noipv6

maybe try ksdevice=link  the devices may be swapped :( using link will give 
you the interface with the plugged in.  im assuming that the nework is not 
coming up correctly.

Dennis




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