<div dir="ltr">yeah... that one bit me for almost a day lol. It was buried in the RHEL 7 documentation somewhere. I think if you tried to use something other than hd:LABEL for the inst.stage2 option, you might not have to worry about it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Andrew Simpson</div></div></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:05 AM, C. Petro <<a href="mailto:petro@cpetro.us" target="_blank">petro@cpetro.us</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bravo sir. That did it. <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Andrew Simpson <<a href="mailto:simpsonar77@gmail.com">simpsonar77@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > the volume name in your mkisofs command (—V option) must match the LABEL > value in the isolinux.cfg file exactly.... minus the x20 used for spaces. > > yours don't match : > > -V > 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2' > > hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.2\x20Server.x86_64 > > On Jun 8, 2016 2:28 AM, "C. Petro" <<a href="mailto:petro@cpetro.us">petro@cpetro.us</a>> wrote: >> >> I'm reasonably experienced in doing RHEL 5 and 6 kickstarts, but this >> is my first pass at building a custom install CD for RHEL 7. >> >> I'm working from the RHEL 7.2 sources (meaning not Centos). I used this: >> >> <a href="http://www.smorgasbork.com/2012/01/04/building-a-custom-centos-7-kickstart-disc-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.smorgasbork.com/2012/01/04/building-a-custom-centos-7-kickstart-disc-part-1/</a> >> as my "checklist" for the most part, with some of this: >> <a href="https://highon.coffee/blog/security-harden-centos-7/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://highon.coffee/blog/security-harden-centos-7/</a> >> >> My kickstart config looks like: >> #version=RHEL7 >> >> install >> text >> # System authorization information >> auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 >> >> # Use CDROM installation media >> cdrom >> # Accept EULA >> eula --agreed >> >> services --enabled=NetworkManager,sshd >> reboot >> >> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot >> #firstboot --enable >> ignoredisk --only-use=sda >> # Keyboard layouts >> keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us' >> # System language >> lang en_US.UTF-8 >> # SELinux >> selinux --permissive >> # Network information >> network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eno16777736 --onboot=on --ipv6=off >> network --hostname=default-vm >> # Root password >> # Fix for deploy rootpw --iscrypted HASHGOESHERE >> rootpw HASHGOESHERE >> # System timezone >> timezone --isUtc --ntpservers=prime.transformers >> # System bootloader configuration >> bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda >> # Partition clearing information >> clearpart --all --drives=sda >> ignoredisk --only-use=sda >> >> skipx >> >> # Some local users: >> user --name="ortep.sirhc" --is-crypted >> >> --password="$6$VHzvqK35oIsfbcgn$pyOvmSm8Y1BnYUKaaSeggHb4a3zwm3U5FTbP9g2cMQccruhF6.JswWYvYlsRjgOLAyE1DfPUjUD1iAh7yzY2e1" >> >> # LVM >> >> # Disk partitioning information >> # part pv.18 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=sda --size=8004 >> part pv.11 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=sda --size=16008 >> part /boot --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=1000 >> #volgroup lg_data --pesize=4096 pv.18 >> volgroup lg_os --pesize=4096 pv.11 >> logvol / --fstype="xfs" --size=4000 --name=lv_root --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /home --fstype="xfs" --size=2000 --name=lv_home --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /tmp --fstype="xfs" --size=1000 --name=lv_tmp --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /var --fstype="xfs" --size=2000 --name=lv_var --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /var/tmp --fstype="xfs" --size=1000 --name=lv_var_tmp >> --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /var/log --fstype="xfs" --size=1500 --name=lv_var_log >> --vgname=lg_os >> logvol /var/log/audit --fstype="xfs" --size=500 >> --name=lv_var_log_audit --vgname=lg_os >> logvol swap --fstype="swap" --size=1000 --name=lv_swap --vgname=lg_data >> >> %addon org_fedora_oscap >> content-type = scap-security-guide >> profile = pci-dss >> %end >> >> %packages >> @core >> vim-minimal >> vim-common >> aide >> ntp >> ntpdate >> openscap >> openscap-scanner >> scap-security-guides >> authconfig >> chrony >> firewalld >> grub2 >> %end >> >> >> >> %post >> %end >> >> >> In isolinux.cfg I have: >> >> ... >> menu tabmsg Press Tab for full configuration options on menu items. >> >> menu separator # insert an empty line >> menu separator # insert an empty line >> >> label Basic KS >> menu label ^Kickstart >> menu default >> kernel vmlinuz >> append initrd=initrd.img >> inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.2\x20Server.x86_64 >> inst.ks=cdrom:/dev/cdrom:/ks/base_ks.cfg >> menu separator # insert an empty line >> ... >> >> >> grub.conf is: >> #debug --graphics >> default=1 >> splashimage=@SPLASHPATH@ >> timeout 60 >> hiddenmenu >> title Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 >> findiso >> kernel @KERNELPATH@ @ROOT@ >> initrd @INITRDPATH@ >> title Test this media & install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 >> findiso >> kernel @KERNELPATH@ @ROOT@ rd.live.check quiet >> initrd @INITRDPATH@ >> >> >> Which gets displayed, and then will start Linux. >> >> I am testing on VMware Workstation 12 Player. >> >> However I get stuck at: >> >> [ 23.820146] work still pending >> >> (and yes, I know the 23..... is not all that relevant) >> >> the line to generate the ISO is: >> mkisofs -o custom.iso -b isolinux.bin -c <a href="http://boot.cat" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">boot.cat</a> -no-emul-boot -V >> 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2' -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R >> -J -v -T isolinux/ >> >> >> There used to be a way to view the virtual terminals (alt-F whatever) >> but apparently that's gone away. >> >> Any ideas on what I'm missing here? 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