How do you kickstart install (network boot) a Linux box with three promise 
controllers (1 of them is a PCI)?  On Redhat 7.2.

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Request for Question Clarification by dumdumdiga-ga on 18 Apr 2002 10:17 PDT

could you please provide specification for your promise controllers.
Also , it is not very  clear what you are exactally trying to do , so please 
elaborate more on that.

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Request for Question Clarification by dscotton-ga on 18 Apr 2002 16:01 PDT

Are these just regular IDE controllers (rather than RAID controllers, or 
something else)?  My understanding is that you have 3 IDE channels, two on the 
motherboard and one through a PCI card.  What issue are you having with the 
kickstart install?  The "part" or "partition" option in a kickstart file allows 
you to specify which hard drive you want to create a partition on with the "--
ondisk" commend.  Beyond that, I don't understand how the Promise controllers 
make things different from a normal kickstart install.

Dear Andrew,

Thank you for your inquiry.  While I could not find specific instructions on 
how to kickstart a RedHat linux machine when installing 3 Promise controllers, 
here are 2 links that I believe will assist you in this quest.  

How to Kick Start RedHat Linux
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/KickStart-HOWTO.html
This site gives you detailed instructions on how to write the kick start 
config. file.  This site is written for experienced Linux users and should be 
implemented with caution.  This information was taken from the linuxgurus.org 
site.  

How to Install Linux with Promise
http://filibusta.crema.unimi.it/linux/howto/mini/Ultra-DMA-5.html
This site gives a description of one gentleman’s method on installing a Promise 
Ultra 33 IDE on a Linux machine.

Additional Info
Here is a site I found helpful during my search:

Linuxgurus.org
http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/


Search Strategies used
Google – linux install promise controllers
Google – linux promise controllers


Hope this information has helped you and leads you to your answer.