RE: Kickstarting to VM via ISO image

[gene huft wachovia com]

I got this problem solved - I hadn't
realized the .discinfo file didn't get copied off media during my rsync
..anyway, I restored it & it makes it through the install.

Now, however, it will not execute the
%post section - in which I call another script that I try to copy off from
a directory on virtual CDROM (ISO) that I'm building from...  my question
is:  during %post, how is the cdrom mounted, another words, do I have
to  mount the cdrom in the script something like mount -t iso9660
-o ro /dev/cdrom /media ?  Or do I use a %post --chroot in some fashion?
 

Gene L. Huft
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Gene Huft/IT/WACH

03/05/2008 02:43 PM

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Subject	Kickstarting to VM via ISO image

Kickstart Gurus,

I have a fully contained ISO image of
the original RHEL5.1 32-bit source tree, along with some additional RPMs
& a custom ks.cfg file.  The goal is to totally automate the build
to a VMware VM via mapping the ISO file to a virtual CDROM.  

I have modified the default isolinux/isolinux.cfg
file as follows:

default xander
prompt 1
timeout 600
display boot.msg
F1 boot.msg
F2 options.msg
F3 general.msg
F4 param.msg
F5 rescue.msg
label xander
  kernel vmlinuz
  append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192
ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
label text
  kernel vmlinuz
  append initrd=initrd.img text
label ks
  kernel vmlinuz
  append ks initrd=initrd.img
label local
  localboot 1
label memtest86
  kernel memtest
  append -


In my kickstart file, I of cource specify
"cdrom".  The ISO image will boot the VM into RedHat's initial
screen, but when hit return or let it time out it, it complains that it
cannot find the install media on any cdrom.  

I also tried to put the kickstart file
into the initrd.img by uncompressing image, copying ks.cfg into it, modifying
isolinux.cfg to:

append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192
ks=file:/ks.cfg

Then recompressed it, moved it into
proper place & re-generated ISO image. Again, the ISO will boot the
VM to initial RH screen, but soon there after get the "cd not found"
error.
Is this just a VMware thing?  My
coworker has no trouble with SuSE builds working....am I overlooking something
simple?

Thanks in advance.

Gene