For the latest (and currently whole) ks.cfg I use, check this link. I have extended the logic there, and got the following out of it. Showing only the %pre section: %pre # By Ez-Aton http://www.tournament.org.il/run for i in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do echo $i >> /tmp/vars.tmp done grep “=” /tmp/vars.tmp > /tmp/vars # Parse command line….
RHEL4 tends to change the names of network cards when there are more than one. If you had a NIC called eth0 during install time, it doesn’t mean that it will maintain that name after the first reboot. It could switch names with its friend, and be called now eth1, while the previous eth1 name…
While DL140 G3 is quite a new piece of hardware, RHEL4, even with the later updates, is rather old. When you decide to install RHEL4 on a DL140 G3 server, my first recommendation is this: if you decide to use the embedded SATA-II RAID controller – don’t. This is a driver-based RAID, much like the…
We all know this, right? In my new system, I have forgotten to activate the DVD-R’s DMA. I tried burning a DVD, and it went slow – real slow. I have checked the DMA status: $ hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 0 (off) keepsettings = 0…
I had a rough experience upgrading Edgy to Feisy. Hardware listing, for generations to come: Motherboard Abit IB9, including on-board IDE controller IT8211 with firmware 1.3.1.67 and no BIOS upgrade in the near future. Nvidia 7700 with 256MB RAM on PCIe Problems: 1. With IDE controller enabled in BIOS system hangs during startup. This is…
Boel initrd files are actually compressed cramfs files. This is a menuscript for authoring and modifying these files, if needed. Assume the file in question is /tftpboot/install-initrd-i386.img: cp /tftpboot/install-initrd-i386.img /tmp/ cd /tmp/ gzip -S .img -d install-initrd-i386.img mount -o loop install-initrd-i386 /mnt mkdir initrd cd /mnt/ tar cf – . | (cd /tmp/initrd/ ; tar…
