From andreas.muehlemann at aspectra.ch Wed Jun 9 13:05:55 2010 From: andreas.muehlemann at aspectra.ch (Andreas Muehlemann) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:05:55 +0200 Subject: Using GPT labels in Kickstart Message-ID: <4C0F91B3.2070407@aspectra.ch> Hi All We're planing updating our Kickstart Process for the upcoming RHEL6. As Disks and partitions still grow in a fast manner, we think to use GPT partitions as the default disk label. According to the Kickstart options, there is just the default MSDOS for i386/x86_64 and GPT for Itanium. Isn't there any possibility to overwrite the default and use GPT disk labels for x86_64 systems too? Best regards Andreas -- aspectra ag hosting your future stationsstrasse 17 8003 z?rich phone +41 44 296 56 10 mobile +41 79 624 66 63 andreas.muehlemann at aspectra.ch www.aspectra.ch From jason at rampaginggeek.com Wed Jun 9 22:44:27 2010 From: jason at rampaginggeek.com (Jason Edgecombe) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:44:27 -0400 Subject: Using GPT labels in Kickstart In-Reply-To: <4C0F91B3.2070407@aspectra.ch> References: <4C0F91B3.2070407@aspectra.ch> Message-ID: <4C10194B.4020306@rampaginggeek.com> On 06/09/2010 09:05 AM, Andreas Muehlemann wrote: > Hi All > > We're planing updating our Kickstart Process for the upcoming RHEL6. > As Disks and partitions still grow in a fast manner, we think to use > GPT partitions as the default disk label. According to the Kickstart > options, there is just the default MSDOS for i386/x86_64 and GPT for > Itanium. Isn't there any possibility to overwrite the default and use > GPT disk labels for x86_64 systems too? > > Best regards > Andreas Well, in RHEL5, anaconda will honor GPT tables on x86_64. If you can clobber MBR and create a GPT in %pre, you might be OK. FYI, I was playing with hybrid GPT/MBR on an iMac with kickstart and anaconda honored the GPT Jason From courchea at net-forces.com Wed Jun 9 23:14:36 2010 From: courchea at net-forces.com (Andre Courchesne) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:14:36 -0400 Subject: Serial AND console at the same time Message-ID: <51572B55-F3D7-4BB9-9D9E-A56830A56517@net-forces.com> My Cd currently boots on both local console and serial but as soon as anaconda starts it displays only on the serial port. Is there a way to have everything on both output? Sent from my iPhone From renilthomas82 at gmail.com Sat Jun 19 02:34:26 2010 From: renilthomas82 at gmail.com (Renil Thomas) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:04:26 +0530 Subject: Error downloading kickstart file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, I forgot to mention that RHEL 5.5 is being installed here. Thanks & Regards, Renil Thomas. On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Renil Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > During kickstart installation of a sun x4270 machines using dhcp/pxe the > below error is obtained while the nfs file download. There are already some > relevant bugs but I would like to how we can debug at this stage, i.e., what > are the possible debugs? > > + Error downloading kickstart file +-------------+ > -> | | > -> | Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the | > -> | kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an | > -> | interactive installation. | > -> | > > The configurations seems to be fine, as the same is working on other set of > machines. For instance, the pxelinux.cfg/"Hex" file consists: > > default linux > > label linux > kernel red_hat/vmlinuz > append initrd=red_hat/initrd.img ramdisk_size=65536 vga=no > ip=130.130.21.121 netmask=255.255.255.0 ksdevice=eth2 ks=nfs:130.130.21.120:/myshare/ks.cfg > acpi=off console=ttyS0,19200 > > in /etc/exports the directory is exported: > > /myshare *(rw,sync) > > > nfs services are fine and the exported directories can be mounted on from > other machines in the network: > > rpcinfo -p > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 100011 1 udp 969 rquotad > 100011 2 udp 969 rquotad > 100011 1 tcp 972 rquotad > 100011 2 tcp 972 rquotad > 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs > 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs > 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs > 100021 1 udp 32769 nlockmgr > 100021 3 udp 32769 nlockmgr > 100021 4 udp 32769 nlockmgr > 100021 1 tcp 32803 nlockmgr > 100021 3 tcp 32803 nlockmgr > 100021 4 tcp 32803 nlockmgr > 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs > 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs > 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs > 100005 1 udp 983 mountd > 100005 1 tcp 986 mountd > 100005 2 udp 983 mountd > 100005 2 tcp 986 mountd > 100005 3 udp 983 mountd > 100005 3 tcp 986 mountd > > > Thanks & Regards, > Renil Thomas > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From renilthomas82 at gmail.com Sat Jun 19 02:30:55 2010 From: renilthomas82 at gmail.com (Renil Thomas) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:00:55 +0530 Subject: Error downloading kickstart file Message-ID: Hi, During kickstart installation of a sun x4270 machines using dhcp/pxe the below error is obtained while the nfs file download. There are already some relevant bugs but I would like to how we can debug at this stage, i.e., what are the possible debugs? + Error downloading kickstart file +-------------+ -> | | -> | Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the | -> | kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an | -> | interactive installation. | -> | The configurations seems to be fine, as the same is working on other set of machines. For instance, the pxelinux.cfg/"Hex" file consists: default linux label linux kernel red_hat/vmlinuz append initrd=red_hat/initrd.img ramdisk_size=65536 vga=no ip=130.130.21.121 netmask=255.255.255.0 ksdevice=eth2 ks=nfs:130.130.21.120:/myshare/ks.cfg acpi=off console=ttyS0,19200 in /etc/exports the directory is exported: /myshare *(rw,sync) nfs services are fine and the exported directories can be mounted on from other machines in the network: rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100011 1 udp 969 rquotad 100011 2 udp 969 rquotad 100011 1 tcp 972 rquotad 100011 2 tcp 972 rquotad 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs 100021 1 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 1 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100021 3 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100021 4 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs 100005 1 udp 983 mountd 100005 1 tcp 986 mountd 100005 2 udp 983 mountd 100005 2 tcp 986 mountd 100005 3 udp 983 mountd 100005 3 tcp 986 mountd Thanks & Regards, Renil Thomas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From acapotorto at lastminute.com Sat Jun 19 17:48:38 2010 From: acapotorto at lastminute.com (Capotorto, Anibal) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:48:38 +0100 Subject: Error downloading kickstart file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <67FECAA28494D64F8197E5D04AEADEAA01D04624@sglonms02.Global.ad.sabre.com> Is it possible that the nic that is being used post PXE is not the same that is being used for pxe ? If so I would recommend to change the ksdevice from eth2 to the mac of the pxe system, that should work, and the same nic will be used regardless of how linux detects it Also I can't remember the correct writing for the nfs: thingie, you might want to look that one up and make sure is fine. Cheers Bicho[DBZ] From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Renil Thomas Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:34 AM To: kickstart-list at redhat.com Subject: Re: Error downloading kickstart file Hi, I forgot to mention that RHEL 5.5 is being installed here. Thanks & Regards, Renil Thomas. On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Renil Thomas wrote: Hi, During kickstart installation of a sun x4270 machines using dhcp/pxe the below error is obtained while the nfs file download. There are already some relevant bugs but I would like to how we can debug at this stage, i.e., what are the possible debugs? + Error downloading kickstart file +-------------+ -> | | -> | Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the | -> | kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an | -> | interactive installation. | -> | The configurations seems to be fine, as the same is working on other set of machines. For instance, the pxelinux.cfg/"Hex" file consists: default linux label linux kernel red_hat/vmlinuz append initrd=red_hat/initrd.img ramdisk_size=65536 vga=no ip=130.130.21.121 netmask=255.255.255.0 ksdevice=eth2 ks=nfs:130.130.21.120:/myshare/ks.cfg acpi=off console=ttyS0,19200 in /etc/exports the directory is exported: /myshare *(rw,sync) nfs services are fine and the exported directories can be mounted on from other machines in the network: rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100011 1 udp 969 rquotad 100011 2 udp 969 rquotad 100011 1 tcp 972 rquotad 100011 2 tcp 972 rquotad 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs 100021 1 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 32769 nlockmgr 100021 1 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100021 3 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100021 4 tcp 32803 nlockmgr 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs 100005 1 udp 983 mountd 100005 1 tcp 986 mountd 100005 2 udp 983 mountd 100005 2 tcp 986 mountd 100005 3 udp 983 mountd 100005 3 tcp 986 mountd Thanks & Regards, Renil Thomas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ej.magpayo at gmail.com Wed Jun 23 05:51:13 2010 From: ej.magpayo at gmail.com (ej magpayo) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:51:13 +0800 Subject: reiserfs Message-ID: hello, has anyone got reiserfs working in a cobbler kickstart template? something like example below? I tried it but I got a mkreiserfs runtime error. part / --fstype reiserfs --size=2048 --grow --asprimary TIA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clumens at redhat.com Wed Jun 23 14:04:50 2010 From: clumens at redhat.com (Chris Lumens) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:04:50 -0400 Subject: reiserfs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20100623140449.GD9475@exeter.usersys.redhat.com> > hello, has anyone got reiserfs working in a cobbler kickstart template? > something like example below? I tried it but I got a mkreiserfs runtime > error. > > part / --fstype reiserfs --size=2048 --grow --asprimary Did you pass "reiserfs" as a command line parameter? What release are you using? What's the exact error message? - Chris From S.Reber at lcsys.ch Thu Jun 24 14:00:06 2010 From: S.Reber at lcsys.ch (Simon Reber) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:06 +0200 Subject: Problems while installing 3rd party software Message-ID: <1209832B38DC214CB373A59426B91DFE80B0A7@chbsex01.lcsys.ch> Dear all, I have a problem during kickstart installation with some 3rd party packages. The packages are located within a mrepo repository. The Kickstart looks as follow: ... repo --name= --baseurl=http://// ... %packages ... ### Adding QLogic Tools Set scli ... During installation no problems are reported nor shown. But when the system is coming up after the installation is shows that %post wasn't successfully executed of the given rpm (links are missing) In the installation log, I found the following: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 1: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 2: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 3: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 4: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 5: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 6: ln: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 9: tar: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 10: tar: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 12: cp: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 14: cd: /tmp/lib: No such file or directory /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18488: line 15: ./libinstall: No such file or directory Could it be that the guys who created the package forgot to add: Requires: ln Requires: tar Requires: cp Or is this something else? Thanks and all the best, Simon Reber