RHEL 7 problems.

[Andrew Simpson]

yeah... that one bit me for almost a day lol.  It was buried in the RHEL 7
documentation somewhere.  I think if you tried to use something other than
hd:LABEL for the inst.stage2 option, you might not have to worry about it.

Andrew Simpson

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:05 AM, C. Petro <petro at cpetro.us> wrote:

> Bravo sir. That did it.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Andrew Simpson <simpsonar77 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > the  volume name in your mkisofs command (—V option)  must match the
> LABEL
> > value in the isolinux.cfg file exactly....  minus the x20 used for
> spaces.
> >
> > yours don't match :
> >
> > -V
> > 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2'
> >
> > hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.2\x20Server.x86_64
> >
> > On Jun 8, 2016 2:28 AM, "C. Petro" <petro at cpetro.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm reasonably experienced in doing RHEL 5 and 6 kickstarts, but this
> >> is my first pass at building a custom install CD for RHEL 7.
> >>
> >> I'm working from the RHEL 7.2 sources (meaning not Centos). I used this:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.smorgasbork.com/2012/01/04/building-a-custom-centos-7-kickstart-disc-part-1/
> >> as my "checklist" for the most part, with some of this:
> >> https://highon.coffee/blog/security-harden-centos-7/
> >>
> >> My kickstart config looks like:
> >> #version=RHEL7
> >>
> >> install
> >> text
> >> # System authorization information
> >> auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
> >>
> >> # Use CDROM installation media
> >> cdrom
> >> # Accept EULA
> >> eula --agreed
> >>
> >> services --enabled=NetworkManager,sshd
> >> reboot
> >>
> >> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot
> >> #firstboot --enable
> >> ignoredisk --only-use=sda
> >> # Keyboard layouts
> >> keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us'
> >> # System language
> >> lang en_US.UTF-8
> >> # SELinux
> >> selinux --permissive
> >> # Network information
> >> network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=eno16777736 --onboot=on --ipv6=off
> >> network  --hostname=default-vm
> >> # Root password
> >> # Fix for deploy rootpw --iscrypted HASHGOESHERE
> >> rootpw HASHGOESHERE
> >> # System timezone
> >> timezone  --isUtc --ntpservers=prime.transformers
> >> # System bootloader configuration
> >> bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
> >> # Partition clearing information
> >> clearpart --all --drives=sda
> >> ignoredisk --only-use=sda
> >>
> >> skipx
> >>
> >> # Some local users:
> >> user --name="ortep.sirhc" --is-crypted
> >>
> >>
> --password="$6$VHzvqK35oIsfbcgn$pyOvmSm8Y1BnYUKaaSeggHb4a3zwm3U5FTbP9g2cMQccruhF6.JswWYvYlsRjgOLAyE1DfPUjUD1iAh7yzY2e1"
> >>
> >> # LVM
> >>
> >> # Disk partitioning information
> >> # part pv.18 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=sda --size=8004
> >> part pv.11 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=sda --size=16008
> >> part /boot --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=1000
> >> #volgroup lg_data --pesize=4096 pv.18
> >> volgroup lg_os --pesize=4096 pv.11
> >> logvol /  --fstype="xfs" --size=4000 --name=lv_root --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /home  --fstype="xfs" --size=2000 --name=lv_home --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /tmp  --fstype="xfs" --size=1000 --name=lv_tmp --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /var  --fstype="xfs" --size=2000 --name=lv_var --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /var/tmp  --fstype="xfs" --size=1000 --name=lv_var_tmp
> >> --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /var/log  --fstype="xfs" --size=1500 --name=lv_var_log
> >> --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol /var/log/audit  --fstype="xfs" --size=500
> >> --name=lv_var_log_audit --vgname=lg_os
> >> logvol swap  --fstype="swap" --size=1000 --name=lv_swap --vgname=lg_data
> >>
> >> %addon org_fedora_oscap
> >>   content-type = scap-security-guide
> >>   profile = pci-dss
> >> %end
> >>
> >> %packages
> >> @core
> >> vim-minimal
> >> vim-common
> >> aide
> >> ntp
> >> ntpdate
> >> openscap
> >> openscap-scanner
> >> scap-security-guides
> >> authconfig
> >> chrony
> >> firewalld
> >> grub2
> >> %end
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> %post
> >> %end
> >>
> >>
> >> In isolinux.cfg I have:
> >>
> >> ...
> >> menu tabmsg Press Tab for full configuration options on menu items.
> >>
> >> menu separator # insert an empty line
> >> menu separator # insert an empty line
> >>
> >> label Basic KS
> >>   menu label ^Kickstart
> >>   menu default
> >>   kernel vmlinuz
> >>   append initrd=initrd.img
> >> inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.2\x20Server.x86_64
> >> inst.ks=cdrom:/dev/cdrom:/ks/base_ks.cfg
> >> menu separator # insert an empty line
> >> ...
> >>
> >>
> >> grub.conf is:
> >> #debug --graphics
> >> default=1
> >> splashimage=@SPLASHPATH@
> >> timeout 60
> >> hiddenmenu
> >> title Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
> >>         findiso
> >>         kernel @KERNELPATH@ @ROOT@
> >>         initrd @INITRDPATH@
> >> title Test this media & install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
> >>         findiso
> >>         kernel @KERNELPATH@ @ROOT@ rd.live.check quiet
> >>         initrd @INITRDPATH@
> >>
> >>
> >> Which gets displayed, and then will start Linux.
> >>
> >> I am testing on VMware Workstation 12 Player.
> >>
> >> However I get stuck at:
> >>
> >> [        23.820146] work still pending
> >>
> >> (and yes, I know the 23..... is not all that relevant)
> >>
> >> the line to generate the ISO is:
> >>  mkisofs -o custom.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot   -V
> >> 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2'   -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R
> >> -J -v -T isolinux/
> >>
> >>
> >> There used to be a way to view the virtual terminals (alt-F whatever)
> >> but apparently that's gone away.
> >>
> >> Any ideas on what I'm missing here?
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> 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
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/attachments/20160608/dbaddb2c/attachment.htm>