RHEL 5 server on VMWare cannot download kickstart file from satellite

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Issue

  • A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server, built on top of VMWare, is having issues downloading the kickstart file from a satellite.
  • When ks=http://url/of/kickstart/file is specified, the following errors are seen :
Could not find kernel image

Or

Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an interactive installation.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • VMWare Vsphere
  • Red Hat Satellite

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