Red Hat / Fedora :: Configure A Kickstart File In Fedora 14?

Apr 8, 2011

how can i configure a kickstart file in fedora 14?

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Fedora :: Putting Kickstart File Onto USB Flash Drive

Dec 1, 2009

Here is a way to prepare a USB flash drive to save your kickstart file to it, and then read the kickstart file from the USB drive during a new Fedora installation.A USB flash drive is recognised by the Linux kernel as just another hard drive.This is how I set up my USB flash drive to use it to store my kickstart file on.You will need a working Linux system to set up the USB drive.

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Fedora Installation :: Generate A Kickstart File From An Existing Setup ?

Jan 4, 2009

I have recently been given the task of setting up some thirty odd netbooks with F10 and i was wondering if there is a way to generate a kickstart file from the first netbook (my one lol ) that i have setup to our needs so as to use it to create the same install on the rest of the netbooks. i had thought that i could use the anaconda-ks.cfg file in root's home dir but it is not at all representative of the custom package list i chose during the install.

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Create Configure File From Bin Folder?

Feb 18, 2010

I'm installing a tool on Linux system.For this installation, i didn't have the installation document. I got to know that have to create configure file from the bin folder

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Fedora Installation :: Error At Post Install Scripts For Fedora 10 Kickstart Installation

Nov 18, 2009

I am trying to install fedora 10 kickstart on my server.But I can't, because my kickstart installation hangs at post install scripts.It is not showing any message & stopped.

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Fedora Installation :: 13 Kickstart Install From HDD ISO?

Jun 1, 2010

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:

Code:
install
harddrive --partition=sdb1 --dir=/linux_install/fedora/iso

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Fedora :: Cannot Kickstart Computers Using The Pxeboot

Jan 28, 2011

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.

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Adding Users With Kickstart

May 2, 2010

You can add a user with their password in one go, just use the -p option:

useradd -p '$1$S5P0QMGg$1RJ8yBPnDvyJ0SynNkESL1' mruser

The above password hash is for the word: password The easiest way to hash your password would be to grab it out of /etc/shadow

I am trying the same with the ks.cfg for RHEL5.4, but the users dont seem to get creted, after I login.

useradd -p <ENCRYPTE_PWD> username

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Fedora :: Kickstart Has Been Broken For Two Weeks?

Oct 7, 2010

Here's the error I'm getting:

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

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Fedora Installation :: F13 Alpha Kickstart On Usb Crashes?

Apr 11, 2010

I 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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Fedora Installation :: %pre Section In Kickstart Config?

May 2, 2011

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.

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Complete Automated Installation Using Kickstart

Jan 25, 2010

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.

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Set Tftp Server On RHEL 5.5 For Kickstart?

Jun 12, 2010

Can i set tftp server on RHEL 5.5 for Fedora Kickstart?

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Fedora :: Customized Kernel For Kickstart Installation

Oct 13, 2010

I 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?

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Fedora Installation :: Kickstart DVD Always Requires Internet Access

Sep 7, 2009

I'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.

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Fedora :: Get Kickstart To Start A Partition On A Specific Sector?

Feb 16, 2010

I need a way to get Kickstart to start on a on a specific sector. For example you can do this using parted

parted /dev/sda
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) unit s
(parted) mkpart primary ext2 40 -1

This will start a partition on sector 40. How can I do this with a kickstart file?

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Fedora Installation :: Encrypted Partition Configuration On Kickstart?

Feb 16, 2011

couldn'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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Red Hat / Fedora :: Kickstart Missing Selected Packages On Install?

May 3, 2011

I am trying to use kickstart to create a master boot disk for all of my server installs. Unfortunately it seems to be missing some of the packages specified and I can't figure out why. Here is the packages section of my ks.cfg file

Note: all at symbols have been replaced with # because the forum filter seems to think they are urls.

%packages
#admin-tools
#base
#core
#dns-server

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Fedora Installation :: F11 - Kickstart Setup For Mirrored Volume Group

Oct 22, 2009

Fedora 11. I am trying to setup kickstart so it lays out a mirrored volume group. I have 2 disks sda and sdb. I want a primary partition on each disk 200mb in size for /boot. This is to be mirrored onto raid device md0 (raid 1). The rest of each disk is to be setup partition which grows to use the remaining space, and is also mirrored (raid 1) md1. Onto md1, I want an LVM volume group called rootvg, and logical volumes set up on there for /, /home, /usr, /tmp etc. I can lay this out manually, and it works fine. However, the code below, which is slightly amended from a previous anaconda-ks.cfg file doesn't work.

Code:
clearpart --linux --drives=sda,sdb --initlabel
part raid.11 --asprimary --size=200 --ondisk=sda
part raid.12 --grow --size=1 --ondisk=sda
part raid.21 --asprimary --size=200 --ondisk=sdb
part raid.22 --grow --size=1 --ondisk=sdb
raid /boot --fstype=ext3 --level=RAID1 --device=md0 raid.11 raid.21
raid pv.1 --level=1 --device=md1 raid.12 raid.22

volgroup rootvg --pesize=32768 pv.1
logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv01 --vgname=rootvg --size=512
logvol /home --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv02 --vgname=rootvg --size=256
logvol /tmp --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv03 --vgname=rootvg --size=128
logvol /usr --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv04 --vgname=rootvg --size=3072
logvol /var --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv05 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024
logvol /opt --fstype=ext4 --name=rootlv06 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024
logvol swap --name=LogVol06 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024

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Fedora Installation :: User Created W/Kickstart Password Is Wrong

Aug 13, 2010

I have a kickstart script that attempts to create user "joeblow" with an encrypted password. The user is created okay, but the password does not seem to "take". After installation is complete, and the system is rebooted, this is the relevant portion of /etc/passwd:

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This is the relevant portion of /etc/shadow:

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Where there are two exclamation points, I would expect the encrypted password (as is the case for the root user, which is also created in the kickstart file).

The relevant line in my kickstart file looks like this:

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That password string, which is 34 characters, is the word "password", encrypted with this command:

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Also in my kickstart file is this line:

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After the install is complete, I reboot and attempt to log in as "joeblow", but no dice. If I log in as root, and manually put the above encrypted password into /etc/shadow for jowblow, I can then log in as joeblow.

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Fedora :: Network Install Via Kickstart Using A - Created - Local Repository - F12 - F14

Jan 5, 2011

I 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.

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Software :: RHEL5.4 Rpm File Not Loading From Kickstart File

Mar 18, 2010

I have been using a boot disk with a kickstart file that calls rpm files that are on RHEL4.8. The rpm files tk-devel,tcl-devel,nss-devel and nspr-devel respond back during the install of RHEL5.e with a pop-up saying they do not exist,but when I look on the RHEL5.4 DVD they do exist in the Workstation directory.

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General :: Add New User In Kickstart File

Apr 29, 2010

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!!

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Red Hat :: How To Copy File Off DVD Created With Kickstart

May 23, 2011

I can't figure out how to copy a file off a custom RHEL 5 DVD that I created with kickstart after the installation completes and the %post runs. I don't want to run as "%post --no-chroot" because I have a script of system changes that needs to run in chroot. I just want to copy one RPM file into the /tmp so my script can install it. Can I have two %posts, one with chroot and one without? I can't seem to find any RHEL 5.5+ guides for kickstart that can explain to me how to make it work.

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Networking :: Copying /var/named Files From Fedora 7 To Fedora 11 Does Not Configure Bind?

Aug 12, 2009

host A: Fedora 7 has bind 9.4.2
host B: Fedora 11 has bind 9.6.1

I want to migrate my bind configuration from A to B I've read the release notes and man pages and I can't see why copying

/etc/named*
and
/var/named/*

I checked /etc/sysconfig/named too... Seems to have no effect on my brand new install on Fedora 11. Host B stays basically un-configured.

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Ubuntu Installation :: How To Load Kickstart Config File - Refuses To Load File / Launches Generic Install

May 6, 2010

I created an Ubuntu 10.4 iso with the kickstart cfg on it, trying to boot it with the ks=/cdrom/pathtoconfig (tried even ks=cdrom:/path) parameter in VirtualBox but it refuses to load the file and just launches the generic install.

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General :: Use A Kickstart File For Red Hat With No Dhcp Server?

Apr 6, 2009

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:

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General :: Unable To Load A Kickstart File

Nov 8, 2010

I m facing a problem from few days i try to sort it out but i fail to overcome from this problem .

i configure a pxe boot server and mount the RHEL iso to /bootins/tree directory

Then after i created a /kick/client.cfg kickstart file. and share both the directory /bootins/tree and /kick with nfs

below is the entry of my /etc/exports directory

/bootins/tree 192.168.10.0/24(rw,sync)
/kick 192.168.10.0/24(rw,sync)

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

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Networking :: Pxe Booting Is Not Reading Kickstart File?

Jun 27, 2010

i am trying to boot linux pc from network booting.. so using pxe,tftp,dhcp(1).i configured my /etc/dhcpd.conf file as...

ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
allow booting;

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General :: Error With CentOS Kickstart File?

Jan 6, 2010

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:

Code:
# Kickstart file
#

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