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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>gene.huft@wachovia.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:44
AM<BR><B>To:</B> kickstart-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Kickstarting to VM
via ISO image<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Kickstart Gurus,</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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. </FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>I have modified the default isolinux/isolinux.cfg file as
follows:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>default xander</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>prompt 1</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>timeout 600</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>display
boot.msg</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>F1 boot.msg</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>F2 options.msg</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>F3
general.msg</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>F4 param.msg</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>F5 rescue.msg</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>label xander</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> kernel
vmlinuz</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> append initrd=initrd.img
ramdisk_size=8192 ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>label
text</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> kernel vmlinuz</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> append initrd=initrd.img text</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>label ks</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2> kernel vmlinuz</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>
append ks initrd=initrd.img</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>label
local</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> localboot 1</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>label memtest86</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2> kernel memtest</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2> append -</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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. </FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I also tried to put the kickstart file into
the initrd.img by uncompressing image, copying ks.cfg into it, modifying
isolinux.cfg to:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>append
initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 ks=file:/ks.cfg</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Is this just a VMware thing? My coworker has no
trouble with SuSE builds working....am I overlooking something simple?</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Gene</FONT> </BODY></HTML>