Newbie to kickstart - question about loading linux from dvd

Thu Jun 8 17:51:19 UTC 2006

change the 1,2 line to be 1,2,3,4,5

	-----Original Message-----
	From: John Brussard [mailto:jbrussard at netnumber.net] 
	Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:41 PM
	To: 'Alexander Rau'; 'Discussion list about Kickstart'
	Subject: RE: Newbie to kickstart - question about loading linux
from dvd

	Alexander,

	Thank you very much for this info, it worked, except it is
asking for disk3, 4 and 5.  Below is my .discinfo file.

	I want to create a minimal Linux Installation, so I don't need
all the disks.

	Any additional advice?

	root at ncs-ard1 backup]# more .discinfo 

	1128193362.766911

	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

	x86_64

	1,2

	RedHat/base

	RedHat/RPMS

	RedHat/pixmaps

	Regards,

	John

________________________________

	From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Rau
	Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:25 PM
	To: Discussion list about Kickstart
	Subject: Re: Newbie to kickstart - question about loading linux
from dvd

	Hey:

	How did get the RPM's to DVD? do you have the install CD's? just
copying the the RPM's to a DVD will not make it a valid install
media....

	Here is a little how to I followed to create an install DVD for
the CD's:

	mount -o ro,loop RHEL4-i386-WS-disc1.iso /mnt/tmp1  # etc. for
discs 2,3,4

	cp -a /mnt/tmp1/isolinux /mnt/tmp1/.discinfo .

	chmod +w isolinux/isolinux.bin

	{Edit ./.discinfo file to list four CDs "1,2,3,4" instead of
just "1"}

	mkisofs -v -pad -o RHEL4-i386-DVD.iso \
	  -V "RHEL4-i386-DVD.2005-02-16" \
	  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
	  -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
	  -r -R -T -m TRANS.TBL \
	  -x /mnt/tmp1/.discinfo \
	  -x /mnt/tmp1/isolinux \
	  -graft-points /mnt/tmp1 .discinfo=.discinfo isolinux/=isolinux
\
	  RedHat=/mnt/tmp2/RedHat \
	  RedHat=/mnt/tmp3/RedHat \
	  RedHat=/mnt/tmp4/RedHat

	/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 RHEL4-i386-DVD.iso (This
needs the anaconda-runtime rpm installed)

	If you want to add additonal packages and a kickstart file to
the DVD you actually need to copy the 1st CD to /mnt/tmp1 rather than
mounting it.

	In order to get the kickstart install to prompt for IP address
and hostname (even thought it is not in the kickstart file - this is a
bug in the Anaconda Installer) you need to do the follwing:

	take the stage2.img from the CD 1, copy it /tmp or whatever.
	mkdir /mnt/img
	mkdir /tmp/new_img
	mount -o loop /tmp/stage2.img /mnt/img
	rsync -avv /mnt/img/* /tmp/img/
	make sure the hidden .buildstamp file gets copied as well...

	now you want to look at the
/tmp/img/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py

	and comment out the below line:

	dispatch.skipStep("network")

	This will force kickstart to prompt for networking.

	then create your new stage2.img :

	mkcramfs /tmp/new_img /tmp/stage2.img.new

	and copy it back (cp /tmp/stage2.img.new /mnt/tmp1/stage2.img)
to your temporary CD making directory, re-create your ISO, burn it and
you're good to go.

	Hope this helps

	AR

	----- Original Message ----
	From: John Brussard <jbrussard at netnumber.net>
	To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
	Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:18:45 PM
	Subject: FW: Newbie to kickstart - question about loading linux
from dvd

	I want to install ES4U2 from a kickstart DVD, I have loaded the
all the RPMS's onto the dvd as well as the ks.cfg file and changed the
isolinux.cfg file.  

	My problem is when it looks for the redhat installations disks,
it says:

	"CD NOT FOUND

	Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM
drives"

	Here's my ks.cfg file:

	root at ncs-ard1 backup]# more ks.cfg

	#Generated by Kickstart Configurator

	#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T

	#System  language

	lang en_SG

	#Language modules to install

	langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8

	#System keyboard

	keyboard us

	#System mouse

	mouse

	#Sytem timezone

	timezone --utc America/New_York

	#Root password

	rootpw --iscrypted $1$1OOUHcE9$nPOink4oNK7B/1vK06RZl1

	bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"

	#Use text mode install

	text

	#Install OS instead of upgrade

	install

	#Use CDROM installation media

	cdrom

	#System bootloader configuration

	bootloader --location=mbr 

	#Partitioning

	clearpart --all --drives=sda,sdb

	part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=256 --ondisk=sda

	part /home --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part /opt/nnmysql/log --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part /opt --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part /var --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part / --fstype ext3 --size=4096 --ondisk=sda

	part swap --size=2048 --ondisk=sda

	part /backup --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow --ondisk=sda

	part /opt/nnmysql/data --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow
--ondisk=sdb

	#Clear the Master Boot Record

	#zerombr yes

	#System authorization infomation

	auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5 

	#Firewall configuration

	firewall --disabled 

	#Do not configure XWindows

	skipx

	#Package install information

	%packages --resolvedeps

	@ admin-tools

	@ system-tools

	@ gnome-desktop

	@ dialup

	@ compat-arch-support

	@ base-x

	@ server-cfg

	kernel-smp

	e2fsprogs

	system-config-boot

	%post

	My isolinux.cfg file

	[root at ncs-ard1 isolinux]# more isolinux.cfg 

	default nnks

	prompt 0 

	timeout 600

	display boot.msg

	F1 boot.msg

	F2 options.msg

	F3 general.msg

	F4 param.msg

	F5 rescue.msg

	F7 snake.msg

	label nnks

	  kernel vmlinuz

	  append ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img devfs=nomount
ramdisk_size=9216 text

	directory structure,

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