small custom CD issue/question

Brad Doctor bdoctor at ps-ax.com
Wed Mar 16 18:31:33 UTC 2005


You need to add the keyword 'reboot' to your ks.cfg.

> I have built a custom CD and ks.cfg file to do an automated install and
> setup.  It's a fairly stripped-down package set with the Core and Base
> groups and a few additional individual rpm's.  The only odd thing is
> that when it's done and returns to the "Complete, press <ENTER> to
> reboot" screen, pressing <ENTER> does nothing.  I have to
> <CTL>+<ALT>+<DEL> to reboot.  I'm hoping that someone has seen this
> behavior before (and figured out what caused it!)
> 
> Below are the isolinux.cfg file and ks.cfg files.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Gordon Keegan
> 
> 
> isolinux.cfg:
> ------------
> serial 0 9600
> default local
> prompt 1
> timeout 600
> display boot.msg
> F1 boot.msg
> F2 examples.msg
> F3 help.msg
> 
> label local
>   localboot 0x80
> 
> label install
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg local text
> 
> label install-serial
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg local text console=tty0
> console=ttyS0,9600n8
> 
> label rescue
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img text rescue
> 
> label noks
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img
> 
> 
> 
> ks.cfg:
> ------
> install
> lang en_US
> langsupport en_US
> keyboard us
> mouse none
> rootpw --iscrypted $1encryptedrootpasswordhashstring.
> text
> cdrom
> firewall --disabled
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> timezone --utc America/New_York
> bootloader --linear --location=mbr
> 
> ##
> ## <!> Don't want X and don't probe for a monitor
> ##
> 
> skipx
> #xconfig --monitor=vga
> 
> ##
> ## <!> parts.ks is created below in the %pre section
> ##
> 
> %include /tmp/parts.ks
> 
> ##
> ## <!> Here is our package list
> ##     '-' at start of the package name indicates exclusion.
> ##     This ought to remove packages that are part of Base
> ##     We include kernel-* because RHN cannot provision those
> ##     due to the up2date PkgSkipList
> ##
> 
> %packages 
> @Base
> compat-libstdc++
> XFree86-libs
> glibc-headers
> libcap
> libgcj
> libpcap
> libtool-libs
> lockdev
> m4
> ntp
> perl-CGI
> perl-CPAN
> perl-DB_File
> perl-suidperl
> sendmail-cf
> strace
> usbutils
> zsh
> 
> 
> 
> ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----##
> 
> %post --nochroot
> 
> ## re-create /mnt/source to get at CDROM
> 
> if [ -e /tmp/cdrom ]; then
>     mkdir /mnt/source
>     mount /tmp/cdrom /mnt/source
> fi
> 
> ## for later reference
> cat /proc/cmdline      > /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/ks-cmdline
> cat /mnt/source/ks.cfg > /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/ks.cfg
> 
> ## setup post-install scripts/dirs for chroot'ed postinstall stuff
> if [ -e /mnt/source/post/postinstall.tar ]; then
>     mkdir /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/post
>     cd /mnt/source/post
>     tar -cf - . | (cd /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/post; tar -xvf -)
>     cd /
> fi
> 
> if [ -e /tmp/cdrom ]; then
>     umount /mnt/source
> fi
> 
> 
> ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----##
> 
> %post
> 
> chvt 3
> 
> if grep nopost /var/tmp/ks-cmdline; then
> 
>   echo ""
>   echo " * found 'nopost' install option ... postinstall skipped"
>   echo ""
> 
> else
> 
> 
>   echo ""
>   echo "Configuring tmpfs"
>   echo "--------------------"
> 
>   if ! grep '/tmp' /etc/fstab ; then
>     echo " * added a tmpfs entry to /etc/fstab"
>     echo "tmpfs			/tmp			tmpfs
> size=1024m	1 2" >> /etc/fstab
>   fi
> 
>   echo ""
>   echo "Postinstall Stuff"
>   echo "--------------------"
> 
>   if [ -s /var/tmp/post/postinstall.tar ]; then
>       echo " * found postinstall.tar"
>       echo " * extracting postinstall.tar"
> 
>       cd /var/tmp/post
>       tar -xvf postinstall.tar
> 
>   fi
> 
> 
>   ##
>   ## execute post-install scripts
>   ##
>   if [ -f /var/tmp/post/postinstall/postinstall.sh ]; then
>       echo " * executing postinstall"
>       echo ""
>       cd /var/tmp/post/postinstall
>       bash ./postinstall.sh
>   else
>       echo " * ERROR - unable to acquire & execute rh-postinstall"
>   fi
>   sleep 2
> 
> 
> echo "##############################"
> echo "## CONFIGURATION COMPLETE " `date`
> echo "##############################"
> 
> chvt 1
> 
> 
> ##----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----##
> 
> %pre
> 
> ##
> ##  Dynamic Partitioning
> ##  The output of this script is %include(d) above
> ##
> 
> NEWDEV=`sed 's/.*rootdev=\([^ $]*\).*/\1/' < /proc/cmdline`
> 
> echo "##"
> echo "## newdev = $NEWDEV"
> 
> if test "$NEWDEV" = "cciss" ; then
>   DEVICE1="--ondisk cciss/c0d0"
> 
> elif test "$NEWDEV" = "ida" ; then
>   DEVICE1="--ondisk ida/c0d0"
> 
> elif test "$NEWDEV" = "hd"  ; then
>   DEVICE1="--ondisk hda"
> 
> elif test "$NEWDEV" = "sd"  ; then
>   DEVICE1="--ondisk sda"
> 
> else
>   DEVICE1="--ondisk sda"
> fi
> 
> echo "## kickstart configured with $DEVICE1"
> 
> cat > /tmp/parts.ks <<EOPARTS
> clearpart --all --initlabel
> part  swap                      --size 2047 $DEVICE1 --asprimary
> part /boot        --fstype ext3 --size 128  $DEVICE1 
> part /            --fstype ext3 --size 2047 $DEVICE1
> part /var         --fstype ext3 --size 2047 $DEVICE1
> part  swap                      --size 2047 $DEVICE1 
> part /export/home --fstype ext3 --size 1    $DEVICE1 --grow --maxsize
> 1024
> EOPARTS
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Brad Doctor, CISSP




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