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    <title>topic Re: Kickstart via FTP in VI: VMware ESX™ 3.5 Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612664#M82630</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Very nifty find, I think I'll be bookmarking that, as I didn't realise you could pass static IPs in the initrd setup.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:09:43 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>cricalix</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2009-07-29T08:09:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612659#M82625</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I finally got the KS script working properly with the ESX scripted install but would like to ask 2 questions:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; 1. When I execute ESX KS=floppy to start the scripted install, what KS file does it look for?  I currently just put a file named KS.cfg on a floppy and it seems to work.  Is there a way to specify the file name?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; 2. I'm trying to make the scripted install a bit easier by using an FTP server we have setup.  I can't seem to find any webpages with the exact syntax.  I've seen it before where you'd enter in a static IP (not using DHCP) mask, FTP server URL.  Does anyone have that command handy?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:36:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>terran0925</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-23T21:36:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612660#M82626</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I found the answer to the first question in the RedHat manual:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To perform a diskette-based kickstart installation, the kickstart le must be named ks.cfg and must&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;be located in the boot diskette's top-level directory.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR originaltext="---" /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyone have the command to execute handy?  Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>terran0925</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-24T13:45:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612661#M82627</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;On a RHEL front, I think FTP/HTTP retrieval of the KS file always use DHCP for the initial network connection.  For our guests, this works just fine - we DHCP them temporarily while they install, and the KS file stored server-side (served up via PHP based on MAC addresses in the request headers) has the actual IP address configuration.  &lt;A href="http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; might be useful. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If it helps, our boot CD has an isolinux.cfg with&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;label autobuild&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;  kernel vmlinuz&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;  append initrd=initrd.img kssendmac ksdevice=eth0 ks=http://puppetmaster/ks/index.php text &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The kssendmac is the trick, it lets index.php work out which server is requesting a kickstart.  We can then do many-to-1 or 1-to-1 mappings to the configuration files.  The files are pretty much indentical, other than the hard-coded IP address, and some of the %post stuff.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:54:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612661#M82627</guid>
      <dc:creator>cricalix</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-28T13:54:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612662#M82628</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You should be able to specity another file like this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ks=hd:fd0/esx01.cfg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>dominic7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-28T15:02:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612663#M82629</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I managed to find this site which seems to answer what I'd like to do:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.laspina.ca/ubiquitous/tag/esx-4-0"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>terran0925</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-28T19:34:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612664#M82630</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Very nifty find, I think I'll be bookmarking that, as I didn't realise you could pass static IPs in the initrd setup.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:09:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612664#M82630</guid>
      <dc:creator>cricalix</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-29T08:09:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Kickstart via FTP</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-5-Discussions/Kickstart-via-FTP/m-p/1612665#M82631</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;circalix,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i use the kssendmac feature in version 3.x and now we want to update our environment to vsphere - but I cannot find a alternativ keyword. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is this feature complete removed ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-js&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>jojo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-04-13T10:03:46Z</dc:date>
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