kickstart Fedora Core 5 / CD+Floppy

[Robin Bowes]

Aldo Foot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Fedora Core 5 using a boot cd (boot.iso) and a
> kickstart
> floppy stored in a floppy drive (ks.cfg). I can do a manual nfs install,
> but I'd like
> to learn to implement kickstart.
> 
> I've done some browsing but found no references to my particular problem.
> 
> This is what I've done so far:
> 
> [1] created a boot cd with boot.iso.
> 
> [2] created a ks.cfg with kickstart configurator and edited the disk
> partition section.
> 
> [3] issued this command to boot using ks.cfg from floppy:
>     linux ks=floppy:/ks.cfg
>     
>     The boot proceeds normally, but the install halts with the following
> error:
>         "The following error was found while parsing your kickstart
> configuration"
>          The following problem occurred in line 31 of the kickstart file:
>          mount point required for partition"
> 
>     line 31 refers to the line "part /boot --fstype ext3 size=200"
> 
> After having read quite a bit about the subject, I cannot see where the
> problem might be.
> Any ideas what's wrong?

I'll give you the equivalent line from my kickstart file. See if you can
spot what's wrong:

part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --asprimary --ondisk=sda

R.