kickstart Fedora Core 5 / CD+Floppy

Aldo Foot lunixer at gmail.com
Tue May 9 22:34:17 UTC 2006


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?
Your help will be appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

This is my ks.cfg:
==========================================================
# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.

install

nfs --server=1.2.3.4 --dir=/stor/DOWNLOAD/FD5

lang en_US.UTF-8

keyboard us

xconfig --driver "nv" --videoram 65536 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16
--startxonboot

monitor --hsync 30-130 --vsync 48-170

network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 10.2.3.4 --netmask
255.255.255.0 \
--gateway 1.2.3.4 --nameserver 10.2.3.4,1.2.3.4 --hostname myhostname

rootpw --iscrypted $1$eL3D8/Eh$Vweas*(&klwvopbTg5.wjyKR6wqN/

firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp

authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5

selinux --enforcing

timezone America/Los_Angeles

zerombr yes
clearpart --all
bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=hda --append="rhgb quiet"

part /boot --fstype ext3 size=200
part / --fstype ext3 size=200
part swap --noformat size=500
part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=3500
part /home --fstype ext3 --size=3000
part /var --fstype ext3 --size=1000
part /usr/local --fstype ext3 --size=500
part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size=150
part /scratch --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow

%packages --resolvedeps
@development-libs
@system-tools
@x-software-development

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~Aldo Foot.
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