From Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com Thu May 1 00:07:14 2008 From: Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com (Shabazian, Chip) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:07:14 -0700 Subject: RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue In-Reply-To: Message-ID: You may be running into the timeout issue when connected to Cisco (and probably other) switches. use the ethtool option to set speed/duplex/auto-neg and use a delay if needed. You can find all these options in my presentation last year at Linuxworld http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf ________________________________ From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brent Clements Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:27 PM To: kickstart-list at redhat.com Subject: RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue I am having the wierdest issue with RHEL 3 network installs. When I boot with a RHEL 3 boot media, I use the following boot commandline: linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL3.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= netmask= gateway= dns= Anaconda boots up but it fails at installing. I switch over to a terminal and it shows that anaconda has failed to retrieve the kickstart file from the network and also I see a no route to host error. Does not look like the network device is being set up correctly based upon the boot commandline parameters. To Troubleshoot to make sure it wasn't the kickstart file that was the problem, I stuck this same kickstart file as an embedded kickstart on the cd and it worked fine. So that doesn't get me anywhere and validates that my actual kickstart file doesn't have errors and can install an OS So, I try doing the same thing but with RHEL 4 media and a RHEL4 based kickstart using the boot commandline linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL4.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= netmask= gateway= dns= Everything works fine using RHEL 4 and the command line stated right above. Are their known issues with setting network parameters at the command line with RHEL 3? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brent.clements at gmail.com Thu May 1 00:14:07 2008 From: brent.clements at gmail.com (Brent Clements) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:14:07 -0500 Subject: RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I thought that as well before I submitted to the mailing list. Tried various eth settings including the standard troubleshooting ones that are out there but it did not work. I'm goin to do some traffic sniffing to see what's going on. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Shabazian, Chip < Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com> wrote: > You may be running into the timeout issue when connected to Cisco (and > probably other) switches. > > use the ethtool option to set speed/duplex/auto-neg and use a delay if > needed. You can find all these options in my presentation last year at > Linuxworld > > http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto: > kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Brent Clements > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:27 PM > *To:* kickstart-list at redhat.com > *Subject:* RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue > > I am having the wierdest issue with RHEL 3 network installs. > > When I boot with a RHEL 3 boot media, I use the following boot > commandline: > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL3.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Anaconda boots up but it fails at installing. I switch over to a terminal > and it shows that anaconda has failed to retrieve the kickstart file from > the network and also I see a no route to host error. Does not look like the > network device is being set up correctly based upon the boot commandline > parameters. > > > To Troubleshoot to make sure it wasn't the kickstart file that was the > problem, I stuck this same kickstart file as an embedded kickstart on the cd > and it worked fine. So that doesn't get me anywhere and validates that > my actual kickstart file doesn't have errors and can install an OS > > So, I try doing the same thing but with RHEL 4 media and a RHEL4 based > kickstart using the boot commandline > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL4.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Everything works fine using RHEL 4 and the command line stated right > above. > > > Are their known issues with setting network parameters at the command line > with RHEL 3? > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tom at ng23.net Thu May 1 10:28:57 2008 From: tom at ng23.net (Tom Brown) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:28:57 +0100 Subject: RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48199B69.1050903@ng23.net> > I am having the wierdest issue with RHEL 3 network installs. > > When I boot with a RHEL 3 boot media, I use the following boot > commandline: > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL3.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Anaconda boots up but it fails at installing. I switch over to a > terminal and it shows that anaconda has failed to retrieve the > kickstart file from the network and also I see a no route to host > error. Does not look like the network device is being set up correctly > based upon the boot commandline parameters. > > > To Troubleshoot to make sure it wasn't the kickstart file that was the > problem, I stuck this same kickstart file as an embedded kickstart on > the cd and it worked fine. So that doesn't get me anywhere and > validates that my actual kickstart file doesn't have errors and can > install an OS > > So, I try doing the same thing but with RHEL 4 media and a RHEL4 based > kickstart using the boot commandline > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL4.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Everything works fine using RHEL 4 and the command line stated right > above. > > > Are their known issues with setting network parameters at the command > line with RHEL 3? is your required NIC driver in the RHEL 3 image? what hardware are you using? From jim.owenby at gmail.com Thu May 1 11:13:06 2008 From: jim.owenby at gmail.com (Jim Owenby) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 06:13:06 -0500 Subject: RHEL 3 kickstart network retrieval issue In-Reply-To: <48199B69.1050903@ng23.net> References: <48199B69.1050903@ng23.net> Message-ID: Try using ksdevice=bootif this will work for both RHEL3 and RHEL4. On 5/1/08, Tom Brown wrote: > > > I am having the wierdest issue with RHEL 3 network installs. > > When I boot with a RHEL 3 boot media, I use the following boot > > commandline: > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL3.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Anaconda boots up but it fails at installing. I switch over to a > > terminal and it shows that anaconda has failed to retrieve the kickstart > > file from the network and also I see a no route to host error. Does not look > > like the network device is being set up correctly based upon the boot > > commandline parameters. > > To Troubleshoot to make sure it wasn't the kickstart file that was the > > problem, I stuck this same kickstart file as an embedded kickstart on the cd > > and it worked fine. So that doesn't get me anywhere and validates that my > > actual kickstart file doesn't have errors and can install an OS So, I try > > doing the same thing but with RHEL 4 media and a RHEL4 based kickstart using > > the boot commandline > > linux ks=http://myhost/RHEL4.ks ksdevice=eth0 ip= > > netmask= gateway= dns= > > Everything works fine using RHEL 4 and the command line stated right > > above. > > Are their known issues with setting network parameters at the command > > line with RHEL 3? > > > > is your required NIC driver in the RHEL 3 image? what hardware are you > using? > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From astrand at cendio.se Thu May 1 18:58:52 2008 From: astrand at cendio.se (=?UTF-8?Q?Peter_=C3=85strand?=) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 20:58:52 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Anaconda Traceback when using %pre scripts In-Reply-To: <20080429205112.GO27333@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080429205112.GO27333@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Chris Lumens wrote: > > Suddenly, the Anaconda installer gives me tracebacks when using %pre > > scripts. I can see the last part of the traceback: > > > > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 90, > > os.chmod("%s" % messages, 0600) > > > > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'False' > > What does your kickstart file look like? It's somewhat "odd": We have a base ks.cfg that is "customer configurable" and stable between upgrades. This file includes several other files which are more "internal". I'm attaching the files. Regards, --- Peter ?strand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB http://www.cendio.se Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Link?ping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 -------------- next part -------------- repo --name=fedora --baseurl=file:///import/mirrors/fedora/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os repo --name=updates --baseurl=file:///import/mirrors/fedora/updates/8/i386 repo --name=TLCOS --baseurl=file:///tmp/TLCOS-repo # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WITH NOTEPAD OR SIMILAR If there are CR/LF # newlines in this file, as written by most windows editors, # installation will not work. The editor "metapad" is shipped with # TLCOS on the CD, in the metapad subdirectory. Use "metapad" to edit # this file from Windows, since metapad knows how to write correct # newlines. # # Kickstart options section # # Installation source cdrom #url --url http://tlinstallhost/TLCOS #nfs --server 10.47.255.35 --dir /export/TLCOS # Keyboard and mouse #keyboard us #keyboard sv-latin1 # Language #lang en_US.UTF-8 #lang sv_SE.UTF-8 # Remove this section to disable the disk erase confirm dialog %pre /mnt/runtime/confirm-erase %end # Graphics card configuration # The line below will try to autodetect your card xconfig --startxonboot --resolution 1024x768 --depth 16 # Misc bootloader network --bootproto dhcp --device=eth0 timezone --utc Europe/Stockholm %include /mnt/runtime/base.cfg %include /mnt/runtime/partitioning.cfg %include /mnt/runtime/packages.cfg # # Postinstall section # %post --nochroot cp /mnt/runtime/postinstall.sh /mnt/sysimage/tmp/postinstall.sh %end %post source /tmp/postinstall.sh # Set your server name and options here # Example: configure_tlclient_args thinlinc.example.com # If no server name is configured, the client will save the hostname of the # last server it connected to. demo.thinlinc.com will be the default. configure_tlclient_args # To activate sshd, uncomment the line below #/sbin/chkconfig sshd on # To activate NetworkManager, uncomment the line below #/sbin/chkconfig NetworkManager on %end -------------- next part -------------- install firewall --disabled selinux --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 -------------- next part -------------- %pre --interpreter /usr/bin/python import os import subprocess os.mkdir("/tmp/mnt") for n in range(8): devletter = chr(ord("a") + n) dev = "/dev/sd%s" % devletter if subprocess.call(["mount", dev, "/tmp/mnt"]) == 0: if os.path.exists("/tmp/mnt/tlsplash.png"): f = os.open("/sys/block/sd%s/device/delete" % devletter, os.O_WRONLY) os.write(f, "1") os.close(f) subprocess.call("umount", "/tmp/mnt") %end zerombr clearpart --all --initlabel partition / --fstype ext3 --size=1000 --asprimary partition swap --recommended -------------- next part -------------- %packages --nobase @core @base-x @hardware-support kernel openssh-server openssh-clients dhclient cups autofs pcsc-lite pcsc-lite-libs numlockx acpid joe NetworkManager-gnome xfwm4 xfce4-panel thinlinc-client thinlinc-logos -fedora-logos -fedora-release-notes -kernel-PAE -kernel-debug -kernel-PAE-debug -kernel-doc -kernel-xen -kernel-xen-devel -selinux-policy-targeted -setroubleshoot -desktop-backgrounds-basic -prelink -krb5-auth-dialog -smolt -smolt-firstboot -mesa-libGL -glx-utils -mesa-libGLU -xorg-x11-utils -gdm -fedorainfinity-gdm-theme -file -file-libs -vte -rhgb -policycoreutils-gui -system-config-services -xorg-x11-apps -setserial -gnome-keyring-pam # Fonts xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi -baekmuk-ttf-fonts-gulim -baekmuk-ttf-fonts-common -cjkunifonts-uming -sazanami-fonts-gothic -lohit-fonts-tamil -lohit-fonts-punjabi -lohit-fonts-telugu -lohit-fonts-bengali -liberation-fonts -jomolhari-fonts -lohit-fonts-hindi -lohit-fonts-gujarati -lohit-fonts-oriya -paktype-fonts -kacst-fonts -lohit-fonts-kannada -bitmap-fonts -dejavu-lgc-fonts -xorg-x11-fonts-truetype # Compose Needs anaconda-runtime #iscsi-initiator-utils memtest86+ #vnc-server %end From astrand at cendio.se Sat May 3 06:39:28 2008 From: astrand at cendio.se (=?UTF-8?Q?Peter_=C3=85strand?=) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 08:39:28 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Anaconda Traceback when using %pre scripts In-Reply-To: References: <20080429205112.GO27333@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: On Thu, 1 May 2008, Peter ?strand wrote: > > > Suddenly, the Anaconda installer gives me tracebacks when using %pre > > > scripts. I can see the last part of the traceback: > > > > > > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 90, > > > os.chmod("%s" % messages, 0600) > > > > > > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'False' I've now been able to reproduce the problem with a ks.cfg as small as: url --url http://ourserver/PATH %pre uname -a > /tmp/myuname %end Clearly, it's something wrong with our build of the our custom distribution. Any ideas of where to start debugging? Rgds, --- Peter ?strand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB http://www.cendio.se Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Link?ping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 From Yishai.Hadas at aladdin.com Sat May 3 22:05:42 2008 From: Yishai.Hadas at aladdin.com (Yishai Hadas) Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 01:05:42 +0300 Subject: Trace via installation Message-ID: Hi All, I'm using RedHat enterprise 3. During installation from ISO one of the rpms that appears in comps.xml is not installed. When it's installed later manually from a command line all is OK (Except of signature warning) My questions: * Any idea how may it happen ? * Can I force post installation step in Ks.cfg to install this rpm ? o It resides under the RedHat/RPMS/ library of the ISO * Can I force anaconda to ignore signatures warning ? o I'm not sure that this is my problem * How can I turn on verbose trace to see warnings/errors via installation ? * How can I know how to build the dependencylist of a given rpm ? If there is a PDF or any other on line documentation about the installation process with anaconda I would be happy to get a URL to. Thanks in advance, Yishai. ********************************************************************************************** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. It is intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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Is the group where it's listed into being specified on ks? > When it's installed later manually from a command line all is OK (Except > of signature warning) The signature warning will always appear until you import the GPG signing key, you can do so by running rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpm-*/RPM-GPG-KEY > My questions: > > * Any idea how may it happen ? > > * Can I force post installation step in Ks.cfg to install this > rpm ? %post rpm -Uvh --nodeps /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/package.rpm > > o It resides under the RedHat/RPMS/ library of the ISO > > * Can I force anaconda to ignore signatures warning ? If the problem is anaconda complaining about the signature of package during install (for your description before, I don't think that its your case), you should retest package and ISO integrity. > o I'm not sure that this is my problem > > * How can I turn on verbose trace to see warnings/errors via > installation ? You've the information on VT3 and VT4, as well as anaconda.log on the installed system. If you're using %pre and %post scripts you can also setup logging then copy the logs to target system in %post. > > * How can I know how to build the dependencylist of a given rpm > ? man rpm rpm -q --requires package.rpm > If there is a PDF or any other on line documentation about the > installation process with anaconda I would be happy to get a URL to. Check official documentation at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ Regards Pablo From astrand at cendio.se Sun May 4 06:20:10 2008 From: astrand at cendio.se (=?UTF-8?Q?Peter_=C3=85strand?=) Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 08:20:10 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Anaconda Traceback when using %pre scripts In-Reply-To: References: <20080429205112.GO27333@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: On Sat, 3 May 2008, Peter ?strand wrote: > > > > Suddenly, the Anaconda installer gives me tracebacks when using %pre > > > > scripts. I can see the last part of the traceback: > > > > > > > > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 90, > > > > os.chmod("%s" % messages, 0600) > > > > > > > > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'False' > > I've now been able to reproduce the problem with a ks.cfg as small as: > > url --url http://ourserver/PATH > %pre > uname -a > /tmp/myuname > %end The regression is in pykickstart. If I build: 1) Without updates at all 2) With all updates except pykickstart ...%pre scripts works. My conclusion is that %pre scripts in the latest pykickstart is broken. It remains the find which patch is causing this. Regards, --- Peter ?strand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB http://www.cendio.se Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Link?ping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 From astrand at cendio.se Sun May 4 06:54:35 2008 From: astrand at cendio.se (=?UTF-8?Q?Peter_=C3=85strand?=) Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 08:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Anaconda Traceback when using %pre scripts In-Reply-To: References: <20080429205112.GO27333@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: On Sun, 4 May 2008, Peter ?strand wrote: > My conclusion is that %pre scripts in the latest pykickstart is broken. It > remains the find which patch is causing this. Looking at the differences between 1.18 and 1.29, I see: @@ -151,7 +152,8 @@ script. Instances of Script are held in a list by the Version object. """ def __init__(self, script, interp = "/bin/sh", inChroot = False, - logfile = None, errorOnFail = False, type = KS_SCRIPT_PRE): + lineno = None, logfile = None, errorOnFail = False, + type = KS_SCRIPT_PRE): """Create a new Script instance. Instance attributes: That is, the lineno argument has been introduced, which shifts the order of all following arguments. The Script usage in pykickstart has been updated to reflect this. BUT: Anaconda also uses this class: In /usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py: class AnacondaKSScript(Script): ... s = AnacondaKSScript (self._script["body"], self._script["interp"], self._script["chroot"], self._script["log"], self._script["errorOnFail"]) ... s = AnacondaKSScript (self._script["body"], self._script["interp"], self._script["chroot"], self._script["log"], self._script["errorOnFail"], self._script["type"]) Since we are not using keyword arguments, the logfile is assigned the value of self._script["errorOnFail"], which is False. Changing APIs in this way is not very nice. I suggest that the patch is changed, so that lineno is added to the end of the list. Regards, --- Peter ?strand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB http://www.cendio.se Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Link?ping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 From Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com Mon May 5 10:50:49 2008 From: Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com (Gerrard Geldenhuis) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:50:49 +0100 Subject: Preventing building over san disk; Which method? Message-ID: Hi We have added nostorage to our pxe boot entries and then specify the device drivers to prevent accidental overwriting of san storage when re-provisioning a machine. However this is biteing us in the butt a bit. We are using satellite to manage our kickstarts and I can't specify more than one device in the Satellite interface. Which means that I have to manually change this everytime I have to build a different architecture which is not something I am keen on doing. I have tried to script this but it seems that pre-scripts are executed too late. I still need to experiment a bit more... The alternative to all these is to use latefcload but it is undocumented. I was wondering if anyone has any expierence with this and how reliable you have found this to be. latefcload loads the fiber channel last to ensure you don't build over it... Regards -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com Mon May 5 10:59:26 2008 From: Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com (Gerrard Geldenhuis) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:59:26 +0100 Subject: Preventing building over san disk; Which method? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is there a way to run a pre-script before the disks are detected? Regards ________________________________ From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Gerrard Geldenhuis Sent: 05 May 2008 11:51 To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Preventing building over san disk; Which method? Hi We have added nostorage to our pxe boot entries and then specify the device drivers to prevent accidental overwriting of san storage when re-provisioning a machine. However this is biteing us in the butt a bit. We are using satellite to manage our kickstarts and I can't specify more than one device in the Satellite interface. Which means that I have to manually change this everytime I have to build a different architecture which is not something I am keen on doing. I have tried to script this but it seems that pre-scripts are executed too late. I still need to experiment a bit more... The alternative to all these is to use latefcload but it is undocumented. I was wondering if anyone has any expierence with this and how reliable you have found this to be. latefcload loads the fiber channel last to ensure you don't build over it... Regards -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rob at lazzurs.net Mon May 5 11:24:41 2008 From: rob at lazzurs.net (Robert Lazzurs) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:24:41 +0100 Subject: problem with the module bnx2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1220a920805050424v30fb3600nb77da7ec4cc99a49@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Wilson Felipe wrote: > hello, > > We are starting to install redhat 5.1 and centos 5.1 in our > environment, and it all went well until we tried with Dell machines > (PE1950 and 860), which have network cards using bnx2 (using MSI). The > problem is at the bnx2 module, we found out 2 way: > > - using dhcp at pxe and at the boot: > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and stops at > downloading the ks file, though it gets the ip from the dhcp, but the > network link is never put up, but in messages it prints "the link > becomes ready" > > - using dhcp at pxe, and static ip at the boot > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and also stops at > download the ks file, but after a few seconds, the links becomes ready > and we can get the ks file and the installation goes all well > > has anyone seen this behavior using bnx2? I have seen similar behavour with some of the HP DL360's. I found that updating the bnx2 driver to the latest version from the broadcom site resolved this issue. I also filed a bug asking RedHat to upgrade the version of the driver, which is quite behind. If required I am sure I can pass you the default initrd.img with the updated driver. Kind regards. From Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com Mon May 5 12:19:28 2008 From: Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com (Gerrard Geldenhuis) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:19:28 +0100 Subject: problem with the module bnx2 In-Reply-To: <1220a920805050424v30fb3600nb77da7ec4cc99a49@mail.gmail.com> References: <1220a920805050424v30fb3600nb77da7ec4cc99a49@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list- > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lazzurs > Sent: 05 May 2008 12:25 > To: kickstart-list at redhat.com > Subject: Re: problem with the module bnx2 > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Wilson Felipe wrote: > > hello, > > > > We are starting to install redhat 5.1 and centos 5.1 in our > > environment, and it all went well until we tried with Dell machines > > (PE1950 and 860), which have network cards using bnx2 (using MSI). The > > problem is at the bnx2 module, we found out 2 way: > > > > - using dhcp at pxe and at the boot: > > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and stops at > > downloading the ks file, though it gets the ip from the dhcp, but the > > network link is never put up, but in messages it prints "the link > > becomes ready" > > > > - using dhcp at pxe, and static ip at the boot > > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and also stops at > > download the ks file, but after a few seconds, the links becomes ready > > and we can get the ks file and the installation goes all well > > > > has anyone seen this behavior using bnx2? > > I have seen similar behavour with some of the HP DL360's. I found > that updating the bnx2 driver to the latest version from the broadcom > site resolved this issue. > > I also filed a bug asking RedHat to upgrade the version of the driver, > which is quite behind. > > If required I am sure I can pass you the default initrd.img with the > updated driver. > > Kind regards. There is also a supported version of the broadcom driver on the HP website for DL360's. We have luckily not seen similar problems on DL360. Regards From trungdatamovies at orange.fr Wed May 7 15:22:05 2008 From: trungdatamovies at orange.fr (Trung Chu-vu) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 17:22:05 +0200 Subject: Cross Intallation Message-ID: <001d01c8b056$1c3f36c0$6601a8c0@RECHERCHE> Hello, We have an embedded system, based on PC cards and a hard disk, which will have to run without the use of keyboard, mouse or DVD-driver. We have managed to install Fedora 8 on it. For that, we plugged a keyboard, a mouse and a DVD driver on this embedded machine, and we followed the Fedora installation process. At the end of the installation, we retrieved the anaconda-ks.cfg file generated by anaconda. Now, we want to industrialize the configuration for those machines. To do so, we would like to install and configurate Fedora on the hard disk of those machines directly from a PC, plugging the hard drive with an USB rack. This way, we won't need our embedded machine anymore to do our installation. We would like, somehow, to do a "cross installation" of Fedora 8. Is it possible? Thanks in advance. Trung CHU-VU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For that, we plugged a > keyboard, a mouse and a DVD driver on this embedded machine, and we > followed the Fedora installation process. > At the end of the installation, we retrieved the anaconda-ks.cfg file > generated by anaconda. > > Now, we want to industrialize the configuration for those machines. > To do so, we would like to install and configurate Fedora on the hard > disk of those machines directly from a PC, plugging the hard drive with > an USB rack. > This way, we won't need our embedded machine anymore to do our installation. > > We would like, somehow, to do a "cross installation" of Fedora 8. Is it > possible? Sounds like you just want to "clone" the disk..? Maybe something like "dump" and "restore"? -- Regards, Steve IT Support - UNIX/Linux Cadence Design Systems Bagshot Road Bracknell BERKSHIRE RG12 0PH UK From smah at vmware.com Wed May 7 20:19:38 2008 From: smah at vmware.com (Stephen Mah) Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 13:19:38 -0700 Subject: network install over tagged ports? Message-ID: <48220EDA.9070500@vmware.com> can you do a network install, ie: method=nfs or http over a tagged vlan port? From debian at herakles.homelinux.org Thu May 8 05:35:12 2008 From: debian at herakles.homelinux.org (John Summerfield) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 13:35:12 +0800 Subject: Cross Installation In-Reply-To: <4821D721.1040705@cadence.com> References: <20080507160017.90293618E97@hormel.redhat.com> <4821D721.1040705@cadence.com> Message-ID: <48229110.30602@herakles.homelinux.org> Steve Robson wrote: >> >> We would like, somehow, to do a "cross installation" of Fedora 8. Is >> it possible? > > Sounds like you just want to "clone" the disk..? Maybe something like > "dump" and "restore"? > I was thinking of 1. Insert preconfigured disk. Assume for discussion it appears at /dev/sde 2. dd if=/dev/sde of=/var/local/embedded.img 3. Remove disk 4 Repeat until done { 4.a Insert blank disk. Assume for discussion it appears at /dev/sde 4.b dd if=/dev/var/local/imbedded.img of=/dev/sde 4.c remove disk } This is fairly tedious, but doesn't require actual, immediate, access to the hardware and can be done by a low-skilled person (eg the office junior). You can also speed things up somewhat by doing several at once. If these imbedded devices can boot from a network or CD then the whole process can be scripted, requiring perhaps no more than plugging into the right network and powering up. You could use Anaconda, but for any significant number I would not. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) From debian at herakles.homelinux.org Thu May 8 05:39:30 2008 From: debian at herakles.homelinux.org (John Summerfield) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 13:39:30 +0800 Subject: Cross Installation In-Reply-To: <48229110.30602@herakles.homelinux.org> References: <20080507160017.90293618E97@hormel.redhat.com> <4821D721.1040705@cadence.com> <48229110.30602@herakles.homelinux.org> Message-ID: <48229212.7070709@herakles.homelinux.org> John Summerfield wrote: > Steve Robson wrote: > > > If these imbedded devices can boot from a network or CD then the whole I might mention the etherboot project which has bootable "ROM" images, some of which support PXE (with enhancements). If these things will boot (or can be made to boot) from a USB disk or memory card, just pop the appropriate image on one or more USB disks or memory card, boot and pull the disk/card as soon as the install gets underway (can you make it beep? Flash a light?). -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) From jarle at bjorgeengen.net Thu May 8 07:12:45 2008 From: jarle at bjorgeengen.net (Jarle =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rgeengen?=) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 09:12:45 +0200 Subject: network install over tagged ports? In-Reply-To: <48220EDA.9070500@vmware.com> References: <48220EDA.9070500@vmware.com> Message-ID: <1210230765.3430.65.camel@fluffy.uio.no> On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 13:19 -0700, Stephen Mah wrote: > can you do a network install, ie: method=nfs or http > over a tagged vlan port? Well, if the VLAN definition stops in the switchport , the connected machine does not know if it is on a VLAN or not, so it should just work . If you want to network install connected to a port that is in trunk-mode (i.e. several VLAN's is visible to the host, ) I'm not sure if it is possible. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best regards .~. Jarle Bj?rgeengen /V\ Unicversity of Oslo, USIT/SAPP/BSD // \\ http://www.uio.no/sok?person=jb /( )\ while(<>){if(s/^(.*\?)$/42 !/){print "$1 $_"}} ^`~'^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From alst74 at gmail.com Thu May 8 09:25:07 2008 From: alst74 at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alexander_St=E5hlberg?=) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:25:07 +0200 Subject: custom boot isolinux Message-ID: <89abee5a0805080225k1d7091c3v6cb6a35b3808b26b@mail.gmail.com> Created a custom boot which I try to mount in vmware, but I do get "could not find kernel linux" when I try to boot. Created iso like this: mkisofs -r -T -J -V "Custom RHEL4 Build" -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o custom.iso isolinux/ My syslinux.cfg look like this: default linux prompt 1 timeout 600 display boot.msg F1 boot.msg F2 options.msg F3 general.msg F4 param.msg F5 rescue.msg F7 snake.msg label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 label text kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img text ramdisk_size=9216 label expert kernel vmlinuz append expert initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 label vmware kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 linux ks=nfs:10.10.11.100:/RHEL4/vmware.cfg label lowres kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img lowres ramdisk_size=9216 Contents on the iso file (mount -o loop custom.iso /mnt): -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 292 Nov 8 04:57 boot.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 957 Nov 8 04:57 general.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4779921 Nov 8 04:57 initrd.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9856 Nov 8 04:57 isolinux.bin -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8236 Nov 8 04:57 ldlinux.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 730 Nov 8 04:57 options.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 869 Nov 8 04:57 param.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 468 Nov 8 04:57 rescue.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 549 Nov 8 04:57 snake.msg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6056 Nov 8 04:57 splash.lss -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 524 Nov 8 04:57 syslinux.cfg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1815772 Nov 8 04:57 vmlinuz Hilfe! :-o From joliver at john-oliver.net Thu May 8 19:18:48 2008 From: joliver at john-oliver.net (John Oliver) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:18:48 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD Message-ID: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script to perform an unattended install. My image boots and sees the ks.cfg file just fine. However, it quickly says: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives. Please insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD and press OK to retry. Googling gives me a bunch of responses that say "You didn't copy the .discinfo file". But I did! And it's contents are identical to a working image: 1177148299.639333 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 i386 1,2,3,4,5 RedHat/base RedHat/RPMS RedHat/pixmaps Switching to vt3 shows: * starting to STEP_URL * trying to mount CD device hdc * trying to mount CD device hdc vt4 shows: <7>libata version 2.00 loaded. <3>FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors <6>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc. <4>VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hdc. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** From Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com Thu May 8 19:36:57 2008 From: Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com (Shabazian, Chip) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:57 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> Message-ID: Take a look at Revisor: http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/ -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Oliver Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:19 PM To: kickstart-list at redhat.com Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script to perform an unattended install. My image boots and sees the ks.cfg file just fine. However, it quickly says: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives. Please insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD and press OK to retry. Googling gives me a bunch of responses that say "You didn't copy the .discinfo file". But I did! And it's contents are identical to a working image: 1177148299.639333 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 i386 1,2,3,4,5 RedHat/base RedHat/RPMS RedHat/pixmaps Switching to vt3 shows: * starting to STEP_URL * trying to mount CD device hdc * trying to mount CD device hdc vt4 shows: <7>libata version 2.00 loaded. <3>FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors <6>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc. <4>VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hdc. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From jarle at bjorgeengen.net Thu May 8 19:41:04 2008 From: jarle at bjorgeengen.net (Jarle =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rgeengen?=) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:41:04 +0200 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> References: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> Message-ID: <1210275664.6401.10.camel@pundit> On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 12:18 -0700, John Oliver wrote: > I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script > to perform an unattended install. > Have a look at http://www.harkness.co.uk/other/RHEL4_custom_dvd.html . This method worked for me. - Jarle Bj?rgeengen From joliver at john-oliver.net Thu May 8 20:13:42 2008 From: joliver at john-oliver.net (John Oliver) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:13:42 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <1210275664.6401.10.camel@pundit> References: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> <1210275664.6401.10.camel@pundit> Message-ID: <20080508201342.GA1739@ns.sdsitehosting.net> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:41:04PM +0200, Jarle Bj?rgeengen wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 12:18 -0700, John Oliver wrote: > > I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script > > to perform an unattended install. > > > > Have a look at http://www.harkness.co.uk/other/RHEL4_custom_dvd.html . > > This method worked for me. Thanks, but A) that's pretty much what I did (except I started with a DVD and not a group of CDs), and B) it doesn't say anything about the error I'm seeing. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** From kanarip at kanarip.com Thu May 8 23:34:01 2008 From: kanarip at kanarip.com (Jeroen van Meeuwen) Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 01:34:01 +0200 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48238DE9.7010104@kanarip.com> Shabazian, Chip wrote: > Take a look at Revisor: > http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/ > Can you verify Revisor works for composing RHEL4? Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip From Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com Fri May 9 02:18:39 2008 From: Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com (Shabazian, Chip) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 19:18:39 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <48238DE9.7010104@kanarip.com> Message-ID: I got it to spin a CD, but I never did try to install with it, so I can only partially confirm. -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jeroen van Meeuwen Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:34 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Kickstart install can't see DVD Shabazian, Chip wrote: > Take a look at Revisor: > http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/ > Can you verify Revisor works for composing RHEL4? Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From joe at bording.dk Fri May 9 07:48:38 2008 From: joe at bording.dk (Jens Falsmar Oechsler) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:48:38 +0200 Subject: SV: custom boot isolinux In-Reply-To: <89abee5a0805080225k1d7091c3v6cb6a35b3808b26b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] P? vegne af > Alexander St?hlberg > Sendt: 8. maj 2008 11:25 > Til: kickstart-list at redhat.com > Emne: custom boot isolinux > > Created a custom boot which I try to mount in vmware, but I > do get "could not find kernel linux" when I try to boot. > > Created iso like this: > mkisofs -r -T -J -V "Custom RHEL4 Build" -b isolinux.bin -c > boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o > custom.iso isolinux/ > > My syslinux.cfg look like this: > default linux > prompt 1 > timeout 600 > display boot.msg > F1 boot.msg > F2 options.msg > F3 general.msg > F4 param.msg > F5 rescue.msg > F7 snake.msg > label linux > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 label text > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img text ramdisk_size=9216 label expert > kernel vmlinuz > append expert initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 label vmware > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 linux > ks=nfs:10.10.11.100:/RHEL4/vmware.cfg > label lowres > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img lowres ramdisk_size=9216 > > > Contents on the iso file (mount -o loop custom.iso /mnt): > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 292 Nov 8 04:57 boot.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 957 Nov 8 04:57 general.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4779921 Nov 8 04:57 initrd.img > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9856 Nov 8 04:57 isolinux.bin > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8236 Nov 8 04:57 ldlinux.sys > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 730 Nov 8 04:57 options.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 869 Nov 8 04:57 param.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 468 Nov 8 04:57 rescue.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 549 Nov 8 04:57 snake.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6056 Nov 8 04:57 splash.lss > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 524 Nov 8 04:57 syslinux.cfg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1815772 Nov 8 04:57 vmlinuz > > Hilfe! :-o > Dont know if it helps, but I made a custom cd with this command: mkisofs -o ../custom.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T ./ Almost same as yours just a level higher up the path. From joliver at john-oliver.net Fri May 9 18:17:16 2008 From: joliver at john-oliver.net (John Oliver) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:17:16 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> References: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> Message-ID: <20080509181716.GA3572@ns.sdsitehosting.net> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 12:18:48PM -0700, John Oliver wrote: > I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script > to perform an unattended install. > > My image boots and sees the ks.cfg file just fine. However, it quickly > says: > > The Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM > drives. Please insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD and press OK to > retry. > > Googling gives me a bunch of responses that say "You didn't copy the > .discinfo file". But I did! And it's contents are identical to a working > image: > > 1177148299.639333 > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 > i386 > 1,2,3,4,5 > RedHat/base > RedHat/RPMS > RedHat/pixmaps > > Switching to vt3 shows: > > * starting to STEP_URL > * trying to mount CD device hdc > * trying to mount CD device hdc > > > vt4 shows: > > <7>libata version 2.00 loaded. > <3>FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors > <6>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc. > <4>VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hdc. Nobody has any idea what's going on here? -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** From joliver at john-oliver.net Fri May 9 20:50:34 2008 From: joliver at john-oliver.net (John Oliver) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:50:34 -0700 Subject: Kickstart install can't see DVD In-Reply-To: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> References: <20080508191848.GA29156@ns.sdsitehosting.net> Message-ID: <20080509205034.GA12426@ns.sdsitehosting.net> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 12:18:48PM -0700, John Oliver wrote: > I'm trying to create a bootable DVD with RHEL4u5 and my kickstart script > to perform an unattended install. > > My image boots and sees the ks.cfg file just fine. However, it quickly > says: > > The Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM > drives. Please insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD and press OK to > retry. > > Googling gives me a bunch of responses that say "You didn't copy the > .discinfo file". But I did! And it's contents are identical to a working > image: > > 1177148299.639333 > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 > i386 > 1,2,3,4,5 > RedHat/base > RedHat/RPMS > RedHat/pixmaps > > Switching to vt3 shows: > > * starting to STEP_URL > * trying to mount CD device hdc > * trying to mount CD device hdc > > > vt4 shows: > > <7>libata version 2.00 loaded. > <3>FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors > <6>VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc. > <4>VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hdc. The solution was in the way my ISO was being built. http://www.harkness.co.uk/other/RHEL4_custom_dvd.html has the answer: $ mkisofs -r -T -J -V "Name of CD" -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o ../test.iso . -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** From kb4xley at gmail.com Thu May 15 16:45:58 2008 From: kb4xley at gmail.com (Kent Baxley) Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:58 -0400 Subject: Using autopart under RHEL 5.1 kickstart - resizing default /boot size Message-ID: I am using autopart to automate the creation of partitions and logical volumes during a kickstart install (RHEL5.1). The default size of the /boot partitions created by autopart is 100 meg. I am looking for a way to increase this default size of /boot when autopart created the partition. Is there a way to do this? I have played with part but have not found an easy method to change the default in autopart without having to write a lot of code around the whole proces and create the LV volumes myself. I've got a lot of different hardware environments, so, I'd like autopart to do some of the work for me. Here is the code currently being used to automate the creating the partitions and Logical Volumes. NOTE: The ${IGNORE_DRIVES} variable can change from machine to machine and is set by my own code but can be removed without affecting default autopart partition sizes. $pre autopart ignoredisk ?drives=${IGNORE_DRIVES} This code creates default partitions and logical volumes as advertised by the RHEL 5 kickstart document. The manuals claim that part can be used to change the default partition sizes that autopart creates. So far, I have not been able to change the /boot partition from 100 mb. Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com Fri May 16 09:01:16 2008 From: Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com (Gerrard Geldenhuis) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:01:16 +0100 Subject: Using autopart under RHEL 5.1 kickstart - resizing default /bootsize In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Kent, I believe you can use percentages as sizes, which if you do would mean that you would still only need one partitioning definition. I am not sure how intelligent autopart is and if it also just uses percentages. Regards ________________________________ From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kent Baxley Sent: 15 May 2008 17:46 To: kickstart-list at redhat.com Subject: Using autopart under RHEL 5.1 kickstart - resizing default /bootsize I am using autopart to automate the creation of partitions and logical volumes during a kickstart install (RHEL5.1). The default size of the /boot partitions created by autopart is 100 meg. I am looking for a way to increase this default size of /boot when autopart created the partition. Is there a way to do this? I have played with part but have not found an easy method to change the default in autopart without having to write a lot of code around the whole proces and create the LV volumes myself. I've got a lot of different hardware environments, so, I'd like autopart to do some of the work for me. Here is the code currently being used to automate the creating the partitions and Logical Volumes. NOTE: The ${IGNORE_DRIVES} variable can change from machine to machine and is set by my own code but can be removed without affecting default autopart partition sizes. $pre autopart ignoredisk -drives=${IGNORE_DRIVES} This code creates default partitions and logical volumes as advertised by the RHEL 5 kickstart document. The manuals claim that part can be used to change the default partition sizes that autopart creates. So far, I have not been able to change the /boot partition from 100 mb. Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From petro at bounty.org Sun May 18 07:31:39 2008 From: petro at bounty.org (Petro) Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 00:31:39 -0700 Subject: Questions about user entry in ks.cfg file. Message-ID: <482FDB5B.3050605@bounty.org> I am trying to add a small number of users in a ks.cfg such that they are also in the "wheel" group so that user --name=petro --groups="petro,wheel" --password="$1$v4X7IlXv$fPls90.jmAV0Z/z..vZKj0" --iscrypted Then in the %post section I: mv /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers_orig cat /etc/sudoers_orig | sed 's/# %wheel.*ALL$/%wheel\tALL=(ALL)\tALL/g' > /etc/sudoers chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers I've tried this with various shiazit in the groups= bits, but it only seems to modify/edit the /etc/passwd (e.g. petro:500:10:...) file, not /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. So ultimately my goal is met--I can add these users such that they can use sudo, but it just doesn't seem to be right. Is this correct behavior? This certainly isn't what the documentation would lead me to believe. Regards, Petro. P.S. cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) From brent.clements at gmail.com Wed May 21 13:41:50 2008 From: brent.clements at gmail.com (Brent Clements) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:41:50 -0500 Subject: nostorage and vmware guest installs Message-ID: Hi All, I'm creating a generic kickstart file for virtuals but would like to have only the modules loaded that I need to load. When using nostorage boot time option., what specifc device modules should I load up in my "device" directive to be able to utlize either vmware ide devices and scsi devices? Thanks! BC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd also like to change the default behaviour of the file browser (nautilus?) without having to manually perform the steps for every install. Is there a way that this can be done? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would save me lots of time. Cheers Matt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klaus.steden at thomson.net Wed May 21 23:07:54 2008 From: klaus.steden at thomson.net (Klaus Steden) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:07:54 -0700 Subject: Setting up a non standard environment In-Reply-To: <967953.50788.qm@web32706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi Matt, If I understand you correctly, what you would have to do would be to edit the various desktop (i.e. GNOME or KDE) setup and control scripts. There are a couple of possible approaches to this problem, but the details will vary, so I won?t attempt to explain those since I don?t know your environment. Regardless of the details, though, you can simply add this to the ?%post? section of your Kickstart file. This part gets executed immediately after all software installs have been completed, and the system is otherwise ready to go. You could try one or all of the following, depending on what works best for you: 1. Include diff?s or script instructions in %post to make the edits needed to the files you want to change. 2. Write pre-baked versions of the file(s) you want tweaked and store them on a local server, to be fetched via ?wget? or similar during %post and saved to the appropriate locations on the newly-installed OS. 3. Use a tool like ?cfengine? or ?puppet? to apply a more systematic strategy to this kind of change management I?ve applied all three strategies in various ways over the years, and they all have their respective merits and flaws. #3 is particularly useful if you want to easily handle ongoing change management tasks on a regular basis, in addition to pre-configuring new systems. As far as the changes necessary to add launchers and change file browser behaviour, I wouldn?t be able to explain it quickly over email, and the details will vary depending on the desktop system (GNOME vs. KDE vs. vanilla X11) you?re using, so you?d have to consult the respective documentation. Regardless, if you can make these changes on a running system using a simple text editor and a command line, you can easily apply the same process in the %post section of a Kickstart configuration file. hth, Klaus On 5/21/08 3:51 PM, "Matt Milliss" did etch on stone tablets: > I'm using a kickstart script to install fedora 8 with gnome on all desktops in > my organisation. There are 2 things I would like to automatically setup but > don't quite know how. We have many applications and I would like to add > launchers to the top panel for these applications, at the moment I do this > manually but would like to find out if there is a way to have this happen > automatically, possibly using skel or something similar. I'd also like to > change the default behaviour of the file browser (nautilus?) without having to > manually perform the steps for every install. Is there a way that this can be > done? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would save me lots of time. > > Cheers > Matt > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt_milliss at yahoo.com Thu May 22 00:18:54 2008 From: matt_milliss at yahoo.com (Matthew Milliss) Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:18:54 +1000 Subject: Setting up a non standard environment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4834BBEE.4090409@yahoo.com> Thanks for the quick reply Klaus. I'm currently using the %post section to install various applications and config settings, but my problem here is that I don't know which files to edit to make the changes to the gnome panel/launchers. I'm currently performing this step manually on every install. I guess this is more a question for gnome rather than the kickstart list. Cheers Matt Klaus Steden wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > If I understand you correctly, what you would have to do would be to > edit the various desktop (i.e. GNOME or KDE) setup and control > scripts. There are a couple of possible approaches to this problem, > but the details will vary, so I won?t attempt to explain those since I > don?t know your environment. Regardless of the details, though, you > can simply add this to the ?%post? section of your Kickstart file. > This part gets executed immediately after all software installs have > been completed, and the system is otherwise ready to go. You could try > one or all of the following, depending on what works best for you: > > 1. Include diff?s or script instructions in %post to make the edits > needed to the files you want to change. > 2. Write pre-baked versions of the file(s) you want tweaked and > store them on a local server, to be fetched via ?wget? or > similar during %post and saved to the appropriate locations on > the newly-installed OS. > 3. Use a tool like ?cfengine? or ?puppet? to apply a more > systematic strategy to this kind of change management > > > I?ve applied all three strategies in various ways over the years, and > they all have their respective merits and flaws. #3 is particularly > useful if you want to easily handle ongoing change management tasks on > a regular basis, in addition to pre-configuring new systems. > > As far as the changes necessary to add launchers and change file > browser behaviour, I wouldn?t be able to explain it quickly over > email, and the details will vary depending on the desktop system > (GNOME vs. KDE vs. vanilla X11) you?re using, so you?d have to consult > the respective documentation. Regardless, if you can make these > changes on a running system using a simple text editor and a command > line, you can easily apply the same process in the %post section of a > Kickstart configuration file. > > hth, > Klaus > > On 5/21/08 3:51 PM, "Matt Milliss" did etch on > stone tablets: > > I'm using a kickstart script to install fedora 8 with gnome on all > desktops in my organisation. There are 2 things I would like to > automatically setup but don't quite know how. We have many > applications and I would like to add launchers to the top panel > for these applications, at the moment I do this manually but would > like to find out if there is a way to have this happen > automatically, possibly using skel or something similar. I'd also > like to change the default behaviour of the file browser > (nautilus?) without having to manually perform the steps for every > install. Is there a way that this can be done? Any help would be > greatly appreciated as it would save me lots of time. > > Cheers > Matt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From debian at herakles.homelinux.org Thu May 22 00:32:45 2008 From: debian at herakles.homelinux.org (John Summerfield) Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 08:32:45 +0800 Subject: Setting up a non standard environment In-Reply-To: <967953.50788.qm@web32706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <967953.50788.qm@web32706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4834BF2D.3090404@herakles.homelinux.org> Matt Milliss wrote: > I'm using a kickstart script to install fedora 8 with gnome on all desktops in my organisation. There are 2 things I would like to automatically setup but don't quite know how. We have many applications and I would like to add launchers to the top panel for these applications, at the moment I do this manually but would like to find out if there is a way to have this happen automatically, possibly using skel or something similar. I'd also like to change the default behaviour of the file browser (nautilus?) without having to manually perform the steps for every install. Is there a way that this can be done? Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would save me lots of time. Please, people, don't post in HTML. Some folk can't easily read it. Some folk don't like it because it adds bulk to email and takes longer to download and adds to their internetting costs. Some email clients don't handle it well, and I'm including Seamonkey and Thunderbird in this. I was going to offer some advice regarding this question, but when I hit "reply" I find the entire paragraph is quoted on a single line, so I can't easily see what I'm talking about. The most widely acclaimed guidelines I've seen say "plain text, line breaks at about column 73." Properly configured, popular email clients can do this automatically. Here are some useful links. Note that top-posting, advocated here, will irritate some people substantially: http://www1.umn.edu/umcf/resource/emailguide.html http://kb.iu.edu/data/aemp.html http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/email/emailuse.htm http://www.businessseek.biz/article-directory/article-81.html This article comprises several documents. http://www.extension.umn.edu/miv/curriculum/emmenu.html Formatting Is Not Everything! http://www.iwillfollow.com/ http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette-articles.html -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) From Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com Thu May 22 07:50:32 2008 From: Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Pablo_Iranzo_G=C3=B3mez?=) Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:50:32 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Setting up a non standard environment In-Reply-To: <4834BBEE.4090409@yahoo.com> References: <4834BBEE.4090409@yahoo.com> Message-ID: For GNOME you can have a look at gconftool I use it together with a backup of .gconf/ for target user in order to restore settings. You can also assign shortcuts to default buttons. If you want to learn what to tweak, use gconf-editor to check what you can find there, and use the paths you see to tweak your settings. Regards Pablo -- Pablo Iranzo G??mez (http://Alufis35.uv.es/~iranzo/) (PGPKey Available on http://www.uv.es/~iranzop/PGPKey.pgp) -- Postulado de Boling sobre la Ley de Murphy: Si se encuentra bien, no se preocupe. Se le pasar?? On Thu, 22 May 2008, Matthew Milliss wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply Klaus. I'm currently using the %post section > to install various applications and config settings, but my problem here > is that I don't know which files to edit to make the changes to the > gnome panel/launchers. I'm currently performing this step manually on > every install. I guess this is more a question for gnome rather than the > kickstart list. > > Cheers > Matt > > Klaus Steden wrote: > > > > Hi Matt, > > > > If I understand you correctly, what you would have to do would be to > > edit the various desktop (i.e. GNOME or KDE) setup and control > > scripts. There are a couple of possible approaches to this problem, > > but the details will vary, so I won?t attempt to explain those since I > > don?t know your environment. Regardless of the details, though, you > > can simply add this to the ?%post? section of your Kickstart file. > > This part gets executed immediately after all software installs have > > been completed, and the system is otherwise ready to go. You could try > > one or all of the following, depending on what works best for you: > > > > 1. Include diff?s or script instructions in %post to make the edits > > needed to the files you want to change. > > 2. Write pre-baked versions of the file(s) you want tweaked and > > store them on a local server, to be fetched via ?wget? or > > similar during %post and saved to the appropriate locations on > > the newly-installed OS. > > 3. Use a tool like ?cfengine? or ?puppet? to apply a more > > systematic strategy to this kind of change management > > > > > > I?ve applied all three strategies in various ways over the years, and > > they all have their respective merits and flaws. #3 is particularly > > useful if you want to easily handle ongoing change management tasks on > > a regular basis, in addition to pre-configuring new systems. > > > > As far as the changes necessary to add launchers and change file > > browser behaviour, I wouldn?t be able to explain it quickly over > > email, and the details will vary depending on the desktop system > > (GNOME vs. KDE vs. vanilla X11) you?re using, so you?d have to consult > > the respective documentation. Regardless, if you can make these > > changes on a running system using a simple text editor and a command > > line, you can easily apply the same process in the %post section of a > > Kickstart configuration file. > > > > hth, > > Klaus > > > > On 5/21/08 3:51 PM, "Matt Milliss" did etch on > > stone tablets: > > > > I'm using a kickstart script to install fedora 8 with gnome on all > > desktops in my organisation. There are 2 things I would like to > > automatically setup but don't quite know how. We have many > > applications and I would like to add launchers to the top panel > > for these applications, at the moment I do this manually but would > > like to find out if there is a way to have this happen > > automatically, possibly using skel or something similar. I'd also > > like to change the default behaviour of the file browser > > (nautilus?) without having to manually perform the steps for every > > install. Is there a way that this can be done? Any help would be > > greatly appreciated as it would save me lots of time. > > > > Cheers > > Matt > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > From al-kickstart at none.at Fri May 23 09:57:48 2008 From: al-kickstart at none.at (Aleksandar Lazic) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:57:48 +0200 Subject: keyboard layout in post install script Message-ID: <20080523095748.GA9149@none.at> Hi all, how can I setup the keyboard layout which was selected at install time to the installed system? I think like this: system-config-keyboard $SELECTED_KEYBOARD if this is a faq please point me to the right way ;-) Thank you very much Aleks From al-kickstart at none.at Sun May 25 06:54:12 2008 From: al-kickstart at none.at (Aleksandar Lazic) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:54:12 +0200 Subject: keyboard layout in post install script In-Reply-To: <20080523095748.GA9149@none.at> References: <20080523095748.GA9149@none.at> Message-ID: <20080525065412.GC11169@none.at> Really nobody have a answer, please help. On Fre 23.05.2008 11:57, Aleksandar Lazic wrote: > Hi all, > > how can I setup the keyboard layout which was selected at install time > to the installed system? > > I think like this: > > system-config-keyboard $SELECTED_KEYBOARD > > if this is a faq please point me to the right way ;-) > > Thank you very much Aleks From bkearney at redhat.com Tue May 27 12:32:37 2008 From: bkearney at redhat.com (Bryan Kearney) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:32:37 -0400 Subject: keyboard layout in post install script In-Reply-To: <20080525065412.GC11169@none.at> References: <20080523095748.GA9149@none.at> <20080525065412.GC11169@none.at> Message-ID: <483BFF65.3000108@redhat.com> Can you use the keyboard command in the kickstart file: https://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html -- bk Aleksandar Lazic wrote: > Really nobody have a answer, please help. > > On Fre 23.05.2008 11:57, Aleksandar Lazic wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> how can I setup the keyboard layout which was selected at install time >> to the installed system? >> >> I think like this: >> >> system-config-keyboard $SELECTED_KEYBOARD >> >> if this is a faq please point me to the right way ;-) >> >> Thank you very much > > Aleks > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From al-kickstart at none.at Tue May 27 13:35:30 2008 From: al-kickstart at none.at (Aleksandar Lazic) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:35:30 +0200 Subject: keyboard layout in post install script In-Reply-To: <483BFF65.3000108@redhat.com> References: <20080523095748.GA9149@none.at> <20080525065412.GC11169@none.at> <483BFF65.3000108@redhat.com> Message-ID: <20080527133530.GA11884@none.at> On Die 27.05.2008 08:32, Bryan Kearney wrote: > Can you use the keyboard command in the kickstart file: > > https://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html Yes but this is at install time not after the system is installed. We have the problem at install time we decide de but after the installation and a reboot the keyboard-layout is us. Cheers Aleks > Aleksandar Lazic wrote: >> Really nobody have a answer, please help. >> On Fre 23.05.2008 11:57, Aleksandar Lazic wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> how can I setup the keyboard layout which was selected at install time >>> to the installed system? >>> >>> I think like this: >>> >>> system-config-keyboard $SELECTED_KEYBOARD >>> >>> if this is a faq please point me to the right way ;-) >>> >>> Thank you very much >> Aleks >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> Kickstart-list at redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From Darrick.Waller at baesystems.com Fri May 30 18:49:47 2008 From: Darrick.Waller at baesystems.com (Waller, Darrick J (US SSA)) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 13:49:47 -0500 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics Message-ID: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> I'm having an issue with two new machines we just installed. The machines are Sun Blade x6250 modules with Intel e1000 NICs. When trying to kickstart them using PXE, RHEL3-U8 and RHEL4-U4 both come back with the following error while trying to grab the kickstart file: 'pump told us: No DHCP reply received' I've done some searching and come up with a few options to try. The network folks were kind enough to enable 'spanning-tree portfast' on the ports the servers are on, which did speed up the time in which the ports were enabled. I've also tried setting ksdevice as the MAC of the NIC I need to boot from as well as used the nicdelay/linksleep options to workaround whatever timeout is happening. Just for kicks, I decided to try installing RHEL5, which much to my chagrin, worked perfectly. Michael DeHaan helped me out a bit in the #kickstart channel on freenode, but suggested I post to the list for a wider audience. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks, Darrick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebrown at lanl.gov Fri May 30 18:58:32 2008 From: ebrown at lanl.gov (Ed Brown) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:58:32 -0600 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics In-Reply-To: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> References: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> Message-ID: <48404E58.8040907@lanl.gov> Waller, Darrick J (US SSA) wrote: > 'pump told us: No DHCP reply received' To work around, or potentially rule out, the port timing issue, you can try putting a simple 100MB hub inline with your servers network connection, if you have one. I've got one in a drawer here for just that purpose. -Ed From Darrick.Waller at baesystems.com Fri May 30 21:19:42 2008 From: Darrick.Waller at baesystems.com (Waller, Darrick J (US SSA)) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:19:42 -0500 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics References: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <48404E58.8040907@lanl.gov> Message-ID: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2236@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> Putting a 10/100 switch in the middle solved it. Well, not solved it, but worked around the problem I was having. There is no other fix to this, other than putting a switch in the middle, and taking it out once the install is complete? -Darrick -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Brown Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:59 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics Waller, Darrick J (US SSA) wrote: > 'pump told us: No DHCP reply received' To work around, or potentially rule out, the port timing issue, you can try putting a simple 100MB hub inline with your servers network connection, if you have one. I've got one in a drawer here for just that purpose. -Ed _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From ebrown at lanl.gov Fri May 30 21:42:59 2008 From: ebrown at lanl.gov (Ed Brown) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:42:59 -0600 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics In-Reply-To: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2236@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> References: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <48404E58.8040907@lanl.gov> <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2236@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> Message-ID: <484074E3.1080600@lanl.gov> Waller, Darrick J (US SSA) wrote: > There is no other fix to this, other than putting a switch in the > middle, and taking it out once the install is complete? Not necessarily. For one thing, neither RHEL3-U8 or 4-U4 are current. The VERY first thing to do is to use up-to-date versions of the OS's. It sounded like you had tried some of the usual suggestions. The switch setting is usually enough. This issue's been hashed over countless times, you can google or check archives going back years for other suggestions, on kickstart, anaconda-devel, taroon and nahant lists. Maybe someone else has something more specific for you... -Ed From Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com Fri May 30 22:34:19 2008 From: Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com (Shabazian, Chip) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:34:19 -0700 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics In-Reply-To: <484074E3.1080600@lanl.gov> References: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <48404E58.8040907@lanl.gov> <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2236@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <484074E3.1080600@lanl.gov> Message-ID: Look at my presentation for Linuxworld last year, it has all of the different things to try. http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Brown Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:43 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics Waller, Darrick J (US SSA) wrote: > There is no other fix to this, other than putting a switch in the > middle, and taking it out once the install is complete? Not necessarily. For one thing, neither RHEL3-U8 or 4-U4 are current. The VERY first thing to do is to use up-to-date versions of the OS's. It sounded like you had tried some of the usual suggestions. The switch setting is usually enough. This issue's been hashed over countless times, you can google or check archives going back years for other suggestions, on kickstart, anaconda-devel, taroon and nahant lists. Maybe someone else has something more specific for you... -Ed _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list From ebrown at lanl.gov Fri May 30 23:12:30 2008 From: ebrown at lanl.gov (Ed Brown) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:12:30 -0600 Subject: problems kickstarting with gigabit nics In-Reply-To: References: <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2115@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <48404E58.8040907@lanl.gov> <04799F26A23174449975FB1913E3A02F021B2236@gldms20030.goldlnk.rootlnka.net> <484074E3.1080600@lanl.gov> Message-ID: <484089DE.70508@lanl.gov> > The VERY first thing to do is to use up-to-date versions of the OS's. And to be clear that this isn't just a platitude, the reason for using the current OS versions is that nicdelay or linksleep or other options that you may find in Chip's presentation if there are others, may not be present or fully developed in 3.8 or 4.4. This has been an active area of development in the last year or so. From petro at bounty.org Sat May 31 07:09:19 2008 From: petro at bounty.org (Petro) Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 00:09:19 -0700 Subject: Questions about user entry in ks.cfg file. In-Reply-To: <482FDB5B.3050605@bounty.org> References: <482FDB5B.3050605@bounty.org> Message-ID: <4840F99F.8080805@bounty.org> So no ideas here? Petro wrote: > I am trying to add a small number of users in a ks.cfg such that they > are also in the "wheel" group so that > > user --name=petro --groups="petro,wheel" > --password="$1$v4X7IlXv$fPls90.jmAV0Z/z..vZKj0" --iscrypted > > > > Then in the %post section I: > mv /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers_orig > cat /etc/sudoers_orig | sed 's/# %wheel.*ALL$/%wheel\tALL=(ALL)\tALL/g' > > /etc/sudoers > chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers > > I've tried this with various shiazit in the groups= bits, but it only > seems to modify/edit the /etc/passwd (e.g. petro:500:10:...) file, not > /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. > > So ultimately my goal is met--I can add these users such that they can > use sudo, but it just doesn't seem to be right. > > Is this correct behavior? This certainly isn't what the documentation > would lead me to believe. > > Regards, > Petro. > > P.S. cat /etc/redhat-release > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list