Re: [CentOS] kickstart install - solved

I did find the anaconda.log file. I had the same URL that I expected. The issue was the repo xml file was empty... So just was a copy of the data through the network . All is working as expected. Jerry > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https

[CentOS] kickstart install

In changing from a 7.5 to 7.6 automated install. 7.6 is not happy and the install process stops and shows the screen where the "Install Source" is not happy. I enter 3 to see what its set for, I select network, I select http and I see my URL that my kickstart file has. It looks right - but its not

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 15:15 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Scott Silva > wrote: > > > > or loopback mounted on the http/ftp server ... > > > You can loopback mount the dvd image, but I don't think you > could easi

[CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Scott Silva wrote: > You can loopback mount the dvd image, but I don't think you > could easily loopback mount the cd images and get a proper > directory structure. A little massaging is needed and simple image loopback mounts seem 'touchy' in practice as outlined in the u

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > > > > or loopback mounted on the http/ftp server ... > > You can loopback mount the dvd image, but I don't think you could easily > loopback mount the cd images and get a proper directory structure. > You can merge directories quite easily wi

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

on 7-21-2009 12:06 PM John R Pierce spake the following: > Scott Silva wrote: >> ISO installs only work over nfs. HTTP and FTP installs need the files >> copied >> off of the cd's to a folder under the or linked to the webroot. >> > > or loopback mounted on the http/ftp server ... You can loop

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Scott Silva wrote: > ISO installs only work over nfs. HTTP and FTP installs need the files > copied > off of the cd's to a folder under the or linked to the webroot. > or loopback mounted on the http/ftp server ... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@ce

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

on 7-20-2009 5:16 PM Carlos Santana spake the following: > nate, > > could you please post your configuration? > > I am getting error - "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due > to missing repo directory. Please ensure that your install tree has > been correctly generated. ..." > > I t

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

From: Carlos Santana > I know how to start ks installation. > Initially I was booting from a CD drive and then typed in 'linux > ks=http:///'. > But how do I get to boot prompt now? Lets say my DVD iso is located on > some remote machine. We point to this DVD in kickstart file. But, we > are not

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Carlos Santana wrote: > I know how to start ks installation. > > Initially I was booting from a CD drive and then typed in 'linux > ks=http:///'. > > But how do I get to boot prompt now? Lets say my DVD iso is located on > some remote machine. We point to this DV

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

I know how to start ks installation. Initially I was booting from a CD drive and then typed in 'linux ks=http:///'. But how do I get to boot prompt now? Lets say my DVD iso is located on some remote machine. We point to this DVD in kickstart file. But, we are not booting from it. How do I get th

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Thanks a lot Kwan and Clint. The error regarding metadata happened when I was using CD ISOs. I had set of ISOs in web accessible dir and the KS file had an entry 'url --url /iso-dir/'. The DVD download should be complete within few minutes. I will try it tomorrow. Still, it would be great to get C

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > This method will work another option I'd recommend is checking out > MREPO. As this enables you to maintain your own copy of repositories as > well as setting up your own custom ones. > > http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/mrepo/ > > > Other opt

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Kwan Lowe wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Carlos Santana > wrote: > > Hi, > > I am working on a kickstart install method and it works fine with > cdrom as installation media. I would like change this media to an > online resource. I saw opti

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Carlos Santana wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on a kickstart install method and it works fine with > cdrom as installation media. I would like change this media to an > online resource. I saw option as - 'url --url http:///'. > I am not sure what should be the dire

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > nate, > > could you please post your configuration? > > I am getting error - "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due > to missing repo directory. Please ensure that your install tree has > been correctly generated. ..." > > I think there must besome setting for ide

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it. > It has an option only for CD ROM. :( > VMware server (even 1.x versions) will let you connect a dvd ISO image file to the guest, although it may call it a virtual CD drive. If you are starting wi

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Carlos Santana wrote: > Yup. > > How do I get to the boot prompt to enter - linux ks command? > Previously I had CD-ROM connected with ISOs , which also served as > boot media. But now I am doing via url method. > Any clues? > > At the boot prompt for example: lin

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

nate, could you please post your configuration? I am getting error - "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to missing repo directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. ..." I think there must besome setting for identifying proper CD ISOs. Just pointin

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Yup. How do I get to the boot prompt to enter - linux ks command? Previously I had CD-ROM connected with ISOs , which also served as boot media. But now I am doing via url method. Any clues? - CS. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:23 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > Carlos Santana wrote: >> Thanks Clint and K

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Thanks Clint and Kwan.. > @Clint: its vmware server 1.0.6! > that -really- should be upgraded to vmware server 2 !! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it. > It has an option only for CD ROM. :( > vmware server 2 certainly supports DVD ISO images. afaik, so did 1.1. CD and DVD are more similar than they are different, other than size. __

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Thanks Clint and Kwan.. @Clint: its vmware server 1.0.6! Trying out DVD.. Quick question: Will Live-CD work? That would be great, but I will need to be specific with package versions (as I don't necessarily want the latest). Thanks, CS On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > > > On

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Carlos Santana wrote: > Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it. > It has an option only for CD ROM. :( > > I may not go for the second option (up-to-date with rsync) in order to > get consistent installations. Although having latest

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it. > It has an option only for CD ROM. :( > > I may not go for the second option (up-to-date with rsync) in order to > get consistent installations. Although having latest code is nice, its > not our require

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it. It has an option only for CD ROM. :( I may not go for the second option (up-to-date with rsync) in order to get consistent installations. Although having latest code is nice, its not our requirement for this project. - CS. On

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Carlos Santana wrote: > Thanks nate. > So how do we change between ISOs - e.g. insert disk3? > > It's much easier to grab the DVD iso and use that instead. There are a couple approaches: 1) Loopback mount the DVD iso to an FTP/HTTP accessible filesystem. Very qu

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Thanks nate. > So how do we change between ISOs - e.g. insert disk3? I believe it's automatic, there may be some special naming convention needed or it might detect the disc label automatically I don't remember. nate ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Thanks nate. So how do we change between ISOs - e.g. insert disk3? - CS. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM, nate wrote: > Carlos Santana wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am working on a kickstart install method and it works fine with >> cdrom as installation media. I would like change this media to an >> onl

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Carlos Santana wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on a kickstart install method and it works fine with > cdrom as installation media. I would like change this media to an > online resource. I saw option as - 'url --url http:///'. > I am not sure what should be the directory contents? Should we put all >

[CentOS] kickstart install using url location

Hi, I am working on a kickstart install method and it works fine with cdrom as installation media. I would like change this media to an online resource. I saw option as - 'url --url http:///'. I am not sure what should be the directory contents? Should we put all ISOs in that directory or what? An

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install

Jerry Geis wrote: > This is not happening ? install using text mode instead of X11, I think it will work better then. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] kickstart install

Hi all, trying to do an install on a ATI radeon 3200 system I am using a kickstart file from 5.2 that works fine in 5.2 First two lines of my post section I do: init 3 chvt 3 This is not happening ? When I try and do a CTRL-ALT-F2 the screen goes black, ALT-F6 to go back has a white screen wi

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install on SAN with multipath

Matthew Kent wrote: > > Ah! I just ran through this exact scenario a week ago. Turns out in > inspecting the anaconda code I couldn't actually find any support for > that directive, it looks to be more of a placeholder, but I'm no python > wizard. > > What is does support though is auto detecting a

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install on SAN with multipath

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 15:06 -0800, nate wrote: > Using CentOS 5.1, though with a few hours work I could update > to 5.2.. I can install to SAN with a single path no problem > but I'd like to be able to use dm-multipath. From the kickstart > docs it seems this is supported but there is no informatio

[CentOS] kickstart install on SAN with multipath

Using CentOS 5.1, though with a few hours work I could update to 5.2.. I can install to SAN with a single path no problem but I'd like to be able to use dm-multipath. From the kickstart docs it seems this is supported but there is no information as to what the various options mean http://www.cento

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install NVIDIA binary driver

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 11:12:16AM -0500, Jerry Geis alleged: > Hi all, > > I am wanting to add to my working kickstart post section > grabbing the NVIDIA binary and installing it. > > I can grab the file thats not the problem. I can use the > --x-module-path to pass to the binary installer... >

[CentOS] kickstart install NVIDIA binary driver

Hi all, I am wanting to add to my working kickstart post section grabbing the NVIDIA binary and installing it. I can grab the file thats not the problem. I can use the --x-module-path to pass to the binary installer... however, How do I get the correct module path, kernels are added the the yum

Re: [CentOS] kickstart install NVIDIA binary driver

Jerry Geis wrote: > however, How do I get the correct module path, kernels are > added the the yum update, and a new one comes along and > wish to account for that. What is the correct way to know > which path to provide to the installer. I'd suggest installing a copy of the driver on a test syst

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install with a degraded raid array

On Tuesday 15 January 2008 03:45:52 Rick Barnes wrote: > Is it possible to install CentOS 5 with a degraded RAID 1 array using > kickstart? I have the kickstart file already created but the "server" I > want to use only has 1 hard drive in it at the moment. Until I can order > a 2nd drive, I wanted

[CentOS] Kickstart install with a degraded raid array

Is it possible to install CentOS 5 with a degraded RAID 1 array using kickstart? I have the kickstart file already created but the "server" I want to use only has 1 hard drive in it at the moment. Until I can order a 2nd drive, I wanted to install the OS then once I received the replacement drive "

[CentOS] Kickstart install via network, nonexistant disk sda

Hello all, I have 3 Supermicro 1u servers, each with dual 250gb SATA drives. I have a server with CentOS 5 64bit setup for pxebooting and kickstart installs. I have a kickstart install file that doesn't specify the disks specifically. It works like a champ, and the operating system ins

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On 9/12/07, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/12/07, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Two things that I found different that affects our systems the most are (a) > > lack of support for xfs and jfs file systems, and (b) lack of support for > > ieee1394 external disks. Like

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On 9/12/07, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two things that I found different that affects our systems the most are (a) > lack of support for xfs and jfs file systems, and (b) lack of support for > ieee1394 external disks. These are all supported in the centosplus kernel: http://wiki.

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: >Karanbir Singh wrote: >> >> Bill Campbell wrote: >> > How was I using the wrong tool when I was testing a >> kickstart configuration >> > file in interactive mode, which I figured would be safe as >> it would allow >> > me to exit before it wrote o

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On 9/12/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Definitely a VERY dangerous option, I would say that that should have been > clearly stated in the RHEL docs. This is one glaring area where anaconda could definitely use some improvement. There's a very distinct lack of 'user-friendly' d

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

Ross S. W. Walker wrote: ok thats interesting. by default anaconda should not touch the drives its not creating partitions on. Unless you expressly tell it to. did /var/log/anaconda.log, /root/anaconda-ks.cfg, /root/*.log Well actually there is the kickstart option 'clearpart --all'. that is

RE: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

Bill Campbell wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2007, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >Bill Campbell wrote: > >> How was I using the wrong tool when I was testing a > kickstart configuration > >> file in interactive mode, which I figured would be safe as > it would allow > >> me to exit before it wrote on the

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007, Karanbir Singh wrote: >Bill Campbell wrote: >> How was I using the wrong tool when I was testing a kickstart configuration >> file in interactive mode, which I figured would be safe as it would allow >> me to exit before it wrote on the disk? I have done similar testing of >>

RE: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

Karanbir Singh wrote: > > Bill Campbell wrote: > > How was I using the wrong tool when I was testing a > kickstart configuration > > file in interactive mode, which I figured would be safe as > it would allow > > me to exit before it wrote on the disk? I have done > similar testing of > > auto

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

Bill Campbell wrote: > How was I using the wrong tool when I was testing a kickstart configuration > file in interactive mode, which I figured would be safe as it would allow > me to exit before it wrote on the disk? I have done similar testing of > autoyast configuration files on many occassions

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007, Karanbir Singh wrote: >Bill Campbell wrote: >> My primary purpose in the original message was to provide feedback from >> somebody who's pretty technical, but not steeped in Red Hat/CentOS. > >I have read that book you speak of, it was mildly entertaining - >however, you are q

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

Bill Campbell wrote: > My primary purpose in the original message was to provide feedback from > somebody who's pretty technical, but not steeped in Red Hat/CentOS. I have read that book you speak of, it was mildly entertaining - however, you are quoting that out of context here. The problem you

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007, Jim Perrin wrote: >I suppose it would help if I finished the reply before sending. > >On 9/12/07, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have been installing Linux systems for well over a decade, starting with >> Caldera Network Desktop 1.0, all versions of Calder

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

I suppose it would help if I finished the reply before sending. On 9/12/07, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been installing Linux systems for well over a decade, starting with > Caldera Network Desktop 1.0, all versions of Caldera through 2001, and SuSE > from 8.1 through S

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

On 9/12/07, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to say that I was more that a bit surprised, if not to say dismayed > when I booted a system with CentOS 5 installed to test a kickstart CD in > interactive mode, took it to the custom partitioning screen, then rebooted > without saving

[CentOS] Kickstart install surprise

I have to say that I was more that a bit surprised, if not to say dismayed when I booted a system with CentOS 5 installed to test a kickstart CD in interactive mode, took it to the custom partitioning screen, then rebooted without saving anything only to come up with a grub prompt, and the disk's p