Unable to download the kickstart file

 · Re: Centos kickstart install not recongnizing USB CD/DVD drive. In the end I had to open up the bltadwin.ru file and adding my ks file there and re-creating the ISO. Extracted that file into a directory using ultraiso. Add bltadwin.ru file to that directory and then create the bltadwin.ru file and add it back to the iso using ultraiso. # add the. At the boot prompt, specify the bltadwin.ru= boot option and the location of the Kickstart file. If the Kickstart file is in a network location, you must also configure the network using the ip= option. In some cases, the bltadwin.ru= option is also necessary in order to access a software source .  · This pretty much says that the problem isn't with the kickstart, the installation is unable to download it at all. Check what network settings you're providing, whether you're using DNS, whether the 'ks=http:// ' is using an ip address or a name and does the .

Once identified, switch back to the installation screen and change the bltadwin.ru file location from "cdrom:/bltadwin.ru" to "hd:sda:/bltadwin.ru" (or hd:sdb:/bltadwin.ru, etc.). Retry the installation to see if the installer identifies the bltadwin.ru on the USB flash disk. Re: Unable to download the kickstart file. A manual installation from media doesn't matter if it is bare iron, or a VM, the network does not come into play. For bare iron, or a VM, network installation the boot installer needs to be able to access the network to pull the KS file. While your in the installer switch over to one of the other. @konradb90 this is more a general packer question and resurrecting 3 year old close threads is less than ideal way to get this properly answered. Typically this problem results from mis-configuration of the hypervisor or host networking. I'd suggest checking out the #packer-tool channel on Freenode IRC or the Chef Community Slack's #packer channel if you have any "How To Packer" questions.

For RHEL6, everything seems to work OK until #7, where it returns the message "unable to download kickstart file". I have commented some lines in the scripts, eliminating the installation part and leaving only the ILO mount part. The bootdisk is mounted and accessible on /dev/scd1. The bltadwin.ru file is present there. Unable to download the kickstart file (VMware Workstation) views. and letting it get to the point where it cannot find the kickstart file. https://gist. Re: Unable to download the kickstart file You don't mention the server model or distribution version your working with. Even though other systems can access the ks file OK, maybe the system your trying to install on does not have proper NIC drivers during boot to access the ks file?.