why my ks.cfg don't work

Did something change on esx 3.5?  I create a simple ks.cfg in notepad, place it on a floppy.  During a CD boot, i type "esx ks=floppy" (also try esx ks=floppy method=cdrom", it boot up but never seem to read the ks.cfg and the automation never took off!

1. Default Kickstart file for

2. VMware ESX Server 3.50

3. Created by:     dwc

4. Last modified:     04-26-2008

1. HP storage device will be detected

2. vmfs partition and fs will be created if ESX failed to do it

#esx ks=floppy method=cdrom

1. Installation Method

cdrom

1. root password

2. The MD5 encrypted string below is for "password"

rootpw --iscrypted $1$Z

1. Authconfig

auth --enableshadow --enablemd5

1. Bootloader (GRUB or LILO)

bootloader --location=mbr

1. Timezone

timezone --utc US/Eastern

1. X Windowing System

skipx

1. Install or Upgrade

install

1. Text mode

text

1. Network install type

2. computer name in the Altiris DS console during deployment.

1. For static IP and KickStart Floppy

network --bootproto static --ip 10.140.217.68 --netmask 255.255.255.224 --gateway 10.140.217.65 --nameserver 165.129.200.2 --hostname rouuxpvm01 --addvmportgroup=0

1. Language

lang en_US

1. Language Support

langsupport --default en_US

1. Keyboard

keyboard us

1. Mouse

mouse none

1. Reboot after install

reboot

1. Firewall settings

firewall --disabled

1. Partitioning

2. %hddevice% is replaced with the detected storage device name by the

3. vmesx.sh script executed on the target server.

4. To specify specific or custom device names simply replace %hddevice%

5. with specific device names ( Ex cciss/c0d0 ).

1. Clear Partitions

clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=cciss/c0d0

#

1. --drives=cciss/c0d0

part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 200 --asprimary --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part / --fstype ext3 --size 5000 --asprimary --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part swap --size 800 --asprimary --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part None --fstype vmkcore --size 100 --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part /var/log --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part /opt --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part /home --fstype ext3 --size 8192 --ondisk cciss/c0d0

part None --fstype vmfs3 --size 2000 --grow --ondisk cciss/c0d0

vmaccepteula

#VMWare License information

1. Host based or license server based

2. Sample for server based licensing

3. vmlicense --mode=server --server=27000@192.168.1.20 --edition=esxFull --features=vsmp,backup

4. Host based licensing

5. vmlicense --mode=file

6. Add license text to vmlicense_text section at bottom of file.

vmlicense --mode=server --server=27000@wkfntpvmvc01.global.lubrizol.com --edition=esxFull

%packages

@base

1. Post install

%post

%vmlicense_text