Fedora Core 2 Test 2 kickstart problems

[Brad Doctor]

Actually, one other thing.  The FC installers (core-1) have issue with some CDrom drives
and I have had excellent luck appending allowcddma to the options, as shown
in this isolinux.cfg:

prompt 1
display general.msg
label install
  kernel vmlinuz
    append ks=cdrom:/install_ks.cfg initrd=install_initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 allowcddma

The symptoms are that on certain hardware, the installation will fail at random
times.  With the allowcddma appended, the issues are gone and the installation goes a lot
faster.  No other compatibility issues have been noticed.
-brad

> No experience with the bulk of your issues, but genhdlist will take an 
> argument as such:
> 
> --productpath Fedora
> 
> That eliminates the need for a work around.
> 
> -brad
> 
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I have been using kickstart for some time to build selinux installs on a 
> > RHL7.1 base, and am trying to leapfrog forward to  FC2 test 2, since 
> > selinux is being integrated onto that distribution.  I am currently 
> > working with a minimal ks.cfg file, generated by the configurator.  I am 
> > appending it to the bottom of this email.
> > 
> > When I try to install with:
> >    linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
> > I get a "No driver found" window with the message "Unable to find any 
> > devices of the type needed for this installation type."
> > 
> > I am fairly certain that anaconda is finding my ks.cfg file, because if 
> > I give it a bogus path, such as:
> >    linux ks=cdrom:/foo.bar
> > I get an Error window with the message "Cannot find kickstart file on 
> > CDROM."
> > 
> > To test whether the problem is with the way I built my install CD, I 
> > have also copied the ks.cfg to a diskette and booted from the FC2 test 2 
> > disk 1 with the command:
> >    linux ks=floppy:/ks.cfg
> > I get identical results, i.e. the "No driver found" window.
> > 
> > 
> > Has anyone successfully used kickstart with Fedora Core 2?  Can you give 
> > me any clues as to what's wrong?
> > 
> > BTW, if anyone else is working with Fedora Core 2 I've noticed a couple 
> > of other nits that are worth passing along:
> > - the disk 1 ISO image for test 2 is not bootable.  Technically, when I 
> > tested with the standard install CDs, I initially booted with the FC2 
> > test 1 disk 1 and then swapped to FC2 test 2.
> > - The current anaconda genhdlist program wants to write to RedHat/base 
> > rather than Fedora/base.  I've been getting around this by symbolically 
> > linking Fedora to RedHat before calling genhdlist, then removing the 
> > link before creating the ISO file.
> > - It appears to me that we will need an "selinux" option similar to the 
> > "firewall" option in the ks.cfg file, with options to disable, warn or 
> > enable.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Martin Robb
> > MartinRobb at ieee.org
> > 
> > My current ks.cfg file:
> > 
> > #Generated by Kickstart Configurator
> > #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
> >                                                                                                                              
> > 
> > #System  language
> > lang en_US
> > #Language modules to install
> > langsupport en_US
> > #System keyboard
> > keyboard us
> > #System mouse
> > mouse genericwheelps/2
> > #Sytem timezone
> > timezone America/New_York
> > #Root password
> > rootpw 15:1AIsasih,ga
> > #Reboot after installation
> > reboot
> > #Install OS instead of upgrade
> > install
> > #Use CDROM installation media
> > cdrom
> > #System bootloader configuration
> > bootloader --location=mbr
> > #Clear the Master Boot Record
> > zerombr yes
> > #Partition clearing information
> > clearpart --all --initlabel
> > #Disk partitioning information
> > part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow
> > part swap --size 1024
> > #System authorization infomation
> > auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
> > #Firewall configuration
> > firewall --disabled
> > #Do not configure XWindows
> > skipx
> > #Package install information
> > %packages --resolvedeps
> > @ Core
> > @ Dialup Networking Support
> > @ Base
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> -- 
> Brad Doctor, CISSP
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