I learnt that there is a way where we can automate the installation of Red Hat using a kickstart script. However, everywhere they talk about doing that from bootable floppy image. I have a single DVD of Red Hat (RHEL5). Can anyone tell how can I kickstart the installation using the kickstart script, i.e., where do I place the ks.cfg file on the disk and what command should be given at the boot prompt? (Kickstart from DVD and not from any network.)
I am currently trying to add a new user on a linux box in the %post section of the kickstart file. The user however doesn't get created after I reboot the box after install. Am I missing anything ?Just for info. I am installing RHEL5.4 on a 64 bit box, I know this should not matter, but what the heck!!
Does anyone know of any benchmark I could use to compare kickstart with WDS?Apart from like saying that windows takes 15mins to deply a system comapared to Kickstart.What else can i really use and put figures to it?
I'm trying to do a red hat Advanced server 4 update 7 install using a kick start file on the network. The server with the kickstart file and dvd contents is on the same subnet as the server receiving the install. We have done it before in the past just fine using:linux nofb text ks=http://serverip/path at the boot/install screen. After that the ip address info is entered manually and the kickstart does its thing. When doing this with update 7, the install acts like a regular install. When i check the http access logs on the other server, it shows no access from the server receiving the install.I have tried adding an ip address to the install command. Such as:
when i use kickstart to install centos from cdrom (i make it myself in my way),i got a %post script problem with the kickstart file. 1.%post script used to copy my own software from cdrom to hard disk.then make install automaitlly with bash script.
the %post script like : %post mkdir -p /myownsoftware cp -r /mnt/myownsoftware/* /myownsoftware cd /myownsoftware
I am using RHEL5 and in this package selection opetion is disabled in system-config-kickstart. Is there any option to enable it? if yes please tell me how?, my yum is working absolutely file , without any problem
my client machine can successfully boot from the server but after booting an error msg is come, the msg is unable to load a kickstart file , i dont know why this happens coz i can successfully mount both the above share from another linux machine but dont know why at booting time this msg is appears firewall is off
I have downloaded the following kickstart file for installing minimal < 300 MB space centOS 5.2. I have created a Virtual Machine for Linux and attempting to install CentOS.here is my kickstart file:
Is it possible to install CentOS via kickstart server without first booting the client from a bootable cd media? Like on Sun platform, on OBP level, client can boot from a kickstart-like (jumpstart) server and proceed installation.
Recently RHEL 6 Beta 2 released and I want to install it through kickstart but it stucked at one time while Re-initializing the disk partition. If I manually click on "Re-initialize All" it goes fine but I am in verse to ignore the message box and proceed automatically through kickstart. Anyone who have come across this issue?
I'm unable to create a linux boot cd with a kickstart file. I have a working kickstart file and a working boot image (tested by booting using the network for the kickstart file), but I can't seem to put them both on the DVD.
Here are the steps I took 1. mount the *.iso file to /mnt/isosetups 2. Recursively copy all the files from /mnt/isosetups to /mnt/bootcd 3. removing /mnt/bootcd/isolinux/boot.cat 4. running the mkisofx command (used -c to recreate boot.cat) 5. put the new image on a windows box and burned to a dvd using roxio
The result was that I could enter the red hat boot menu but the server couldn't find the boot image on the cd. I could go into more detail about what commands I entered, my environment, what I tested, etc.
I want an automated install (via CD or USB) of Ubuntu 10.04 ...on 100 remote machines located all over the country, using a Kickstart configuration file accessible from my web server.
How do I create the boot CD (or USB)?
How do I specifically add the boot parameters to that boot CD (or USB) to tell it the URL to use for it's automated Kickstart install?
I am running into a strange problem where kickstart installation fails with Error failed to read Rpm header, This happens when installation starts formatting of disk is also completed some of the rpms installed and then suddenly installer stalls with failed to read rpm header.
I have kept kickstart and install media on same host. I have changed the install media from http/nfs/ftp just to check is there any problem with the media but no luck.
However same installation with the same kickstart file works fine when both install media and ks file is kept on another linux host.
I am using RHEL 4 ,I do checked /var/log/messages it does not give any information on the failure and this started happening recently till that i was using the same server for my linux deployment.
Note: pxe setup, boot server ,install media and ks file all are in same server.
Does anyone know or have a book on the advanced uses of kickstart and its deployment methods? I have a challenge and its to: Write a report with a full and detailed analysis of the two methods,(remote installation methods of linux and windows) their differences, and a comparison of features and performance.
I am also going to have two servers (one Windows one Linux)thay deploy a virtual network of VMs with different scopes and policies. What can i really do to go beyond the scopes and policies?
I'm trying to load RHEL4 (I know, I know, but I can't get around that) on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 using a kickstart file. I start the install using 'linux acpi=off ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg' (I use acpi=off otherwise it hangs at some ACPI embedded controller message). It does not recognize my CD-ROM drive, though, and asks me to choose the driver or point to a driver disk. I've selected 'Advanced Host Controller Interface SATA (ahci)' and it is able to continue on. It forgets that it was supposed to run off of the kickstart, though, and goes into the default graphical install. My question is...how do I add a line into the kickstart to choose this driver?
I have a working Centos 5.4 (== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4) kickstart installation working with pxe boot.I am now trying to do the same kickstart installation but from a SCSI harddrive on the hardware box itself.In other words, the system already has an older distribution on it, and it has a formatted LVM partition with free space. I expect to upload an initrd, vmlinux, ks.cfg at the top of this partition, edit the grub.conf with something like so:
I am trying to install jdk automatically using kickstart. I have added jdk-6u13-linux-i586.rpm to Server dir (where all rpms exist) and add jdk to %packages section. It always complain jdk is missing. I tried it also with another rpms which are not in the RedHat DVD and it always complatin the the package is missing.
I have not used Fedora in a long while (since version 5 I think).I am moving back to it for my new home server but there is something that is driving me completely crazy. Can you no longer do HDD installs from a ISO?I whipped out my old kickstart files and worked off of them and all seams to be OK but every time it says it is unable to find the install source.Here are the first two lines of my KS file:
I cannot kickstart my computers using the pxeboot The pxeboot is working The kernel is loaded, however, the network manager is not able to get the IP, however, 10 seconds before the PXE was able to get. I do not receive a request on my network
I have messages as
device state change 2->3 (reason 40) ... device state change 3->4 (reason 0) ... device state change 5->7 (reason 40) Timeout
The strange this, if I inserte a stupid switch everything is working.
Code: Package xine-lib-pulseaudio is obsoleted by xine-lib, trying to install xine-lib-1.1.18.1-1.fc12.i686 instead error: not an rpm package umount: /var/tmp/imgcreate-k0CsZq/install_root/var/cache/yum: device is busy. (In some cases useful info about processes that use
