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Red Hat Linux Scripted Install Fails With "Error Opening: kickstart file /tmp/ks.cfg: No Such File or Directory"

Article: 91

Applies to: All releases

The installation process was unable to read the specified kickstart file.

Several possible causes are:

•	The job does not contain the correct IP address or a fully-qualified FTP server hostname that can be resolved by a DNS server.
•	The job does not contain the correct file name of the kickstart file. Regardless of the actual name of the kickstart file, the error is always ks.cfg.
•	The `dslib` Virtual Directory on the FTP server is not accessible or the Local Path is not `c:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\lib`.
•	A firewall is enabled on the FTP Server and is blocking access to the appropriate ports.
•	The switch port connected to the PXE NIC is running Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). This can cause a timeout before a response can be given.

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