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.
View 1 RepliesI have an older Pentium 3 laptop, a toshiba portege 7140CT. It's one of those laptops designed to be light and easy on battery, so that means no CD drive and no floppy. You have to have the docking station to use optical media.... and I don't have it. I was given this machine for free some years back. I have a USB external DVD-RW drive, and what I want to do is configure GRUB to kickstart a CD/DVD boot from it if possible. obviously, being an old P3 laptop the BIOS has no concept of USB boot. is there a way to pull this off?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'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.
After completing the installation using kickstart , the exception is occured, just after performing post installation,i am sending the exception image
View 8 Replies View RelatedI 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.
we use for the installation of our machines bladelogic. We have different servers. Some servers have only one network interface, but it can be 2, 4 or may be more. There is always one network device for using PXE, but it is not always eth0.Is there any way to run kickstart without the entering of the PXE-Device so, that kickstart checks all the network devices in the system?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am looking for a thorough document that explains:
1) Creating a local repo
2) Using kickstart to access that repo
3) Performing a network install using kickstart
Some background: I have several racks of servers that I need to install Fedora on. These servers CANNOT be placed on the internet; hence the need for the creation of a local repo on some other machine (which will be connected to the servers via a local network). I am not sure how to create a local repo, so that one of my questions.
I'd also like to automate as much of the install as possible and kickstart is the only thing I know of for that. I am no guru with kickstart, but I have used it before to successfully install Fedora Core 6 -- I am hoping there are no great changes with the current releases of Fedora (12-14)?
A local repo of Fedora Core 6 was created by someone (some time ago) on a workstation (running FC6). This is what I've used in the past to install FC6 on previous servers (via a kickstart CD). However, I dont have the documentation on how the repo was created or how the kickstart CD was created I've gleaned some ideas ok kickstart from the pieces I've read on web, but none of it has been specific to the latest releases of Fedora.
I've got a system in place to PXE boot new machines and automatically configuring them via anaconda. It works great.
However, I have a few older machines with no PXE capability that I would like to use a Flash drive or CD-ROM to boot and run the same anaconda config.
I'm running into an issue finding useful documentation on how to create this CD. I've tried mkisofs but it doesn't really give any details on the boot catalog or whatever is needed to make a CD bootable.
create the menu and submenu in isolinux.cfgWe do have a lot sites,ach sites using different Linux OS customization. So i need to create menu and submenu to select the appropriate OS image for the respective sites to do the installation through kickstart
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'd like to write a kickstart file that installs available Fedora 14 updates as part of the installation process, much as if I was doing a standard Fedora 14 installation and had enabled the 'updates' repo.
So my question is, is there an easy way to do this? I don't want to have to go down the route of downloading all updated packages and maintaining my own update repo (or indeed, creating a repo with the dependencies listed above).
I am so close to the answer i think. My goal is to fully automate an entire Ubuntu installation off a usb flashdrive from start to finish. So, i did as this guide said and i made a kickstart ks.cfg file that is used to automate an installation, as i'm sure many of u know.The next step has infinitely confused me. To make the ks.cfg file boot automatically and startup an installation to my specifications.from this linkttp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubunt...en/apcs01.htmlI have found that editing the syslinux.cfg file in the syslinux directory on the usb can be used to load preseed file, which to my understanding serves the same purpose as a kickstart file.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI 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:
Code:
install
harddrive --partition=sdb1 --dir=/linux_install/fedora/iso
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I need to do a project on installing RHEL6 via kick start file in a single DVD. I have made the kick start file and it's ready with the basic parameters like keyboard type, language, firewall and SElinux disabled. How can i boot it in the server. Also please help me in the below steps,
I need to use LVM option for File systems except swap and /boot, how can i mention it in the file?If there is a need to use NIS or LDAP where can i mention it in the file?
I have made the ks.cfg file with system-config-kickstart and placed it in the root Disk1.iso's root directory.I then made the Disk1.iso with the changes done and burnt the whole Installation image on a CD-ROM.The machine was booted with the the Disk1 and it went well till disk partitioning.Then suddenly installation halted with a message: "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to kickstart the F13 alpha from a usb drive.The usb drive is labeled "disk" and is setup with extlinux and can boot fine.My laptop has one hard drive (sda) and the only other drive is the usb (sdbThe ISO is copied on the root of the usb diskI extract the boot files from the F13 Alpha ISO and copy them on the disk also
Code:
cp /mnt/ISO/images/install.img /media/disk/images/install.img
cp /mnt/ISO/isolinux/vmlinuz /media/disk/boot/Fedora/.
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Which directly is accessible during the %pre section? I try to use wget to retrieve a file from FTP to /root but after the machine is build, I don't see that file in /root directory.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to put together a customized automatic installation of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop for a set of computers I manage at work. Since there are other servers in my department that are Red Hat based, I was introduced to Kickstart so I have been using that exclusively.
I have almost my entire installation automated using Kickstart with the exception of the partitioning, which is as follows:
My problem that I am asking for help on is that the Kickstart automates everything until the clearpart, where it then asks 2 questions which I would like to figure out how to automate the answers to (preferably within my Kickstart script)
The first question is the install process telling me about my currently configured partitions and mount points. Asking me if i want to "Undo changes to partitions" or "Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk" which I of course want to finish partitioning.
The second question is telling me if I continue the changes listed will be written to the disks, and asks if I want to "Write changes to disks?" which I want to select Yes for automatically.
Like I mentioned before I have searched the web and this forum for any potential way of doing this, but so far have come up with nothing, so I figured I would ask the experts out here and see what suggestions come up. I realize the Kickstart is not completely implemented in Ubuntu, however since I have everything written in Kickstart already I would prefer to stay within the Kickstart script to fix this.
I want to install Red hat based custom OS in a complete automated mode.I ll have my kick start file inside the CD rom and when I boot with that ISO or CD.The OS should start installing by taking parameters from the kick start file without having to specify the path of the kick start file inside the CD.like "linux ks=<path>".Is it possible to achieve this by writing any script or something so that when the CD boots the kick start path is passed automatically to the anaconda installer.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have successfully setup a kickstart environment for installing the original Fedora 13 using PXE/DHCP/TFTP. Now I want to build a customized kernel and install it using the same Kickstart setup. After building the new kernel.rpm file, what are right steps to do to replace the original kernel rpm in Kickstart RPM directory, like fixing modules dependency, creating new bzImage and intrid etc?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI added the "@clustering" and "@kvm" keywords to my ks.cfg file but during installation, an error about not being able to find either of these packages popped up and it wasn't installed.
I do see the Cluster and VT directories in my redhat_es5.4 directory along with the Server directory. The rest of the files install just fine.
In doing some net and forum searching, I find a reference to a base.repo file that lists the directories but I'm not sure if it's related to creating a yum repository or if not, should it have been created in the redhat_es5.4 directory.
While I've built kickstarts for several years and am comfortable with the file, this is the first time I'm working with rpms outside the main Server path.
I have created a customized RHEL 5.4 DVD and placed a Kickstart file in it.It is running fine except the post installation steps.I need to copy some files from DVD to the newly built server. For this I have modified my Kickstart file as below, but no luck.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to do a kickstart installation of CentOS 5.5 x86 using a static IP on eth1. (The machine has 4 ethernet ports). I set ks, ksdevice, ip, netmask, and noipv6 when the boot disc asks for the init commands.I have similar networking information configured in the kickstart script. I have tried switching the order of the network config lines in the kickstart script to place eth1 at the top. Either way the installation hangs. On tty3 I can see that the command last called is getNetConfig. All of this configuration is using static IPs. I'm not sure why it thinks it has to do anything extra... Is there a problem trying to reuse the same eth1 NIC for the second stage? I have tried using the same and different IPs on the same subnet but nothing changes the outcome. Both the kickstart file and the install tree are on the same subnet, the same server in fact. Both are accessed via FTP but I had this problem with NFS as well.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to setup a kickstart server to install CentOS over the network. The server is using pxegrub, and the relevant menu entry is:
title Kickstart CentOS 5 x86_64
kernel /kickstart/vmlinuz initrd=/kickstart/initrd.img ks=http://192.168.1.250/kickstart/prototype.ks text
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.)
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to set a kickstart DVD for automatically installing Fedora 10 without touching the existing data partitions on our systems. I've got a kickstart file that works great from a kickstart server however I'm having issues with creating an unattended kickstart DVD. I've attached a copy of the kickstart file from the DVD. For some reason even though all the packages we are installing are on the DVD, anaconda always attempts to connected to the internet to get repository information after completing the partitioning. I have changed the install type to 'cdrom' before anyone asks! I have removed my %pre and %post sections as these just copy in some config files and do not touch anything other than local paths.
View 3 Replies View Relatedcouldn't find anything similar on the forum.I am writing a kickstart for fedora 14 with a partition table similar to:
part / --asprimary --fstype="ext4" --size=10000 --encrypted --passphrase=pass1
part /boot --asprimary --fstype="ext4" --size=130
part /var --fstype="ext4" --size=5000 --encrypted --passphrase=pass1
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My Server is Ubuntu 9.10x64 running in a 64bit vmware on a Dell Optiplex 760. I have the Ubuntu amd64 mirror downloaded locally in /var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror/ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/
I am not working with any other **buntu flavours.
tftp and dhcp are all working from what i can tell. My client can boot from the PXE, get an IP address, and takes me into the Kickstart loader.
For some reason, it is not reading my ks.cfg. I get the blue screen that says the following: "The installer failed to download a file from the mirror. This may be a problem with the network or with the mirror. You can choose to retry the download, select a different mirror or cancel and choose another installation method.
Downloading a file failed:"
Below I have pasted whatever relevant information I can find pertaining to my issue.
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+ /var/www Directory Listing +
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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-26 11:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2010-04-21 13:08 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 2010-04-26 11:38 boot-screens -> /var/lib/tftpboot
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Can we do kickstart installation of linux on Vmware Workstation.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAny one help me to build Redhat Linux 5.3 Server using Kickstart Installation.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have created a customized RHEL 5.4 DVD and placed a Kickstart file in it.It is running fine except I have to manually choose "Local CDROM" in the installation process. (see attached pic)Any idea how to skip this.
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