Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Installation failed with "Option --server is required"

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Issue

  • I tried to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 with my kickstart file, but it failed with the following error.
Starting installer...
anaconda 19.31.123-1 for Red Hat Enterprise 7.1 started...
...
The folllowing problem occurred on line 7 of the kickstart file:

Option --server is required.
  • My kickstart file has the following command in line 7.
nfs

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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