<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <title>RHEL5 kickstart overwrites USB</title> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#606420"> <div class=Section1> <div> Are you sure the system is seeing the USB as sd(a,b,c)1? Add a sleep to your %pre, get a shell, and take a look.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hajducko, Steven Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:47 PM To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Subject: RHEL5 kickstart overwrites USB<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Hi, <o:p></o:p> So we're running into a strange issue where a kickstart from a USB/CDROM combo on an HP DL385 G5 system is actually installing and reformatting the USB stick.<o:p></o:p> We place the kickstart file on the USB drive, drop in a RHEL5 DVD and run: <o:p></o:p> linux ks=hd:sda1:/hostname.cfg <o:p></o:p> The installation goes fine and our packages are installed, but upon reboot and examining the USB stick, it has been reformatted to ext3 FS and contains :<o:p></o:p> stha3155@ghost:/media/usb$ ls config-2.6.18-8.el5 grub initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img lost+found symvers-2.6.18-8.el5.gz System.map-2.6.18-8.el5 vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5<o:p></o:p> Upon reboot of the system, it crashes with a bunch of OPCODE errors. <o:p></o:p> The relevant part of our kickstart looks like this ( we don't do anything tricky in our packages or post install, just touch a few config files.. )<o:p></o:p> install cdrom lang en_US langsupport --default=en_US en_US keyboard us skipx text ignoredisk --drives=sda1,sdb1,sdc1 network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.27.17 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --hostname hostname.domain.com network --device eth1 --onboot no rootpw --iscrypted ##### firewall --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 timezone America/Los_Angeles selinux --disabled zerombr yes bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet" reboot clearpart --all part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 --asprimary part swap --size=6912 --asprimary part pv.01 --size=100 --grow volgroup rootvg pv.01 logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=512 --name=rootlv logvol /tmp --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=tmplv logvol /var --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=1024 --name=varlv logvol /opt --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=optlv logvol /home --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=homelv logvol /usr --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=usrlv logvol /usr/local --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=2048 --name=locallv <o:p></o:p> %packages <o:p></o:p> Tried putting the 'ignoredisk' option in order to ignore the sda1 disk that the USB shows up as, but no luck. As a side note, the disks on the HP show up as /dev/cciss/c0d0.<o:p></o:p> Any input would be appreciated. <o:p></o:p> Thanks. <o:p></o:p> -- sh <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>