Their are a couple of issues with Kickstart on 6.1, and the docs from
RedHat (on-line and printed) have at least one major error. With a
couple of caveats, 6.0 kickstart scripts work fine.
First the error: the documentation says that for English the language
specification line should be
lang en
when in fact the correct line is
lang en_US
An interesting side-note; the printed Reference manual has KickStart as
Chapter 9, the on-line manual has it as Chapter 10. Why?
The other major caveat is that the package names and makeups have changed.
If you list a package with an incorrect name then anaconda, the python
install script, blows apart and you get an exception (6.0 and before would
just tell you that there was a package name that could not be found; they
need to do some debugging and error trapping in anaconda to make it
useful).
A couple more problems where KickStart does not work as before and varies
from the documented behavior: X configuration will only setup for a
640x480 resolution/8 bpp, so I call Xconfiguration in the %post section
so I do end up with a 1024x768/16 bpp configuration. The other error is
that the lilo config no longer includes an "other" entry for an existing
WinTel partition, so I add to lilo.conf and run lilo in the %post section
to fix that.
Here is my now fully debugged KickStart script for 6.1:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
lang en_US
network --bootproto static --ip 192.168.100.61 --netmask 255.255.192.0
--gateway 192.168.100.1 --nameserver 192.168.100.68
# eventually, we'll allow cdrom kickstarts
nfs --server mercury.resonate.com --dir /linux/i386
# keymap to use, same as keymap named in kbdconfig
keyboard us
#
# zerombr yes|no
#
# Should the install automatically zero the partition table if it is corrupt?
#
zerombr yes
#
# clearpart - requires --all or --linux
#
# --all removes everything from ALL DRIVES
# --linux removes all linux native/swap from ALL DRIVES
#
clearpart --linux
#
# part <mntpt> --size <size in megs> [--grow] [--maxsize <size in megs>]
#
part / --size 250
part /usr --size 1000
part swap --size 130
# this should be install or upgrade, defaults to 'install' if omitted
install
# mouse types are: ps/2 mousesystems microsoft logitech atibm logibm msbm
# the default device is right for busmice, /dev/cua0 for serial mice, and
# can be overridden with "--device cua2"
# if three button emulation is needed, specify "--emulthree"
#
# this is just like /usr/sbin/mouseconfig
mouse genericps/2
# the timezone command takes the same args as /usr/sbin/timeconfig
# see the timeconfig 2.0 man page for details
timezone --utc "US/Pacific"
# xconfiguration
# Video card selection:
# You can let it try to find you PCI card automatically, OR
# specify --card <cardtype> (see Xconfigurator --help for list), OR
# specify --server <servertype> (also see Xconfigurator --help)
#
# Monitor selection:
# If none specified, assumes 640x480@60hz.
# Otherwise, use --monitor <type>, see Xconfigurator --help for list, OR
# use --hsync <hsync> and --vsync <vsync>. For example:
# --hsync "31.5,35.5,50-65" --vsync "50-70"
#
#
xconfig --server SVGA --monitor "ViewSonic PS790"
# this root password goes over the network in the clear for NFS kickstarts
# it's probably a good idea not to use the real root password here
#
# if the password is already crypted (and suitable for inclusion in
# /etc/passwd without further editing), use the iscrypted flag. this
# should be used to prevent a cleartext root password from going over
# the network
rootpw ShootMe4
auth --enablenis --nisdomain resonate-inc.com
# lilo install goes to mbr by default w/ no append line. you can modify
# this as shown in the example
# lilo --append "mem=128M" --location mbr
# the location is one of mbr (default), none, or partition
# this command is called 'silo' on the sparc, and doesn't exist on the alpha
lilo --location mbr
# packges to install follow here
# '@ component' may be used to include entire components, redundant items
# are okay
%packages
@ Base
@ Printer Support
@ X Window System
@ KDE
@ Mail/WWW/News Tools
@ Networked Workstation
@ Anonymous FTP Server
@ Web Server
@ Development
@ Kernel Development
minicom
autofs
xosview
%post
# # move home directory
mv /home /home.orig
#
mkdir /mnt/fserver
mount -t nfs 192.168.100.30:/shared /mnt/fserver
cd /
tar xzf /mnt/fserver/linux/apache.tar.gz
umount /mnt/fserver
#
rm -f /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S13ypbind
rm -f /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S80sendmail
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S74autofs
#
echo "/root/newpass" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
echo "KDE" >> /etc/sysconfig/desktop
chmod 0644 /etc/sysconfig/desktop
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator --kickstart --server SVGA --monitor "ViewSonic PS790"
echo "other=/dev/hda1" >> /etc/lilo.conf
echo " label=winnt" >> /etc/lilo.conf
lilo
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