RHEL 7 problems.

[Mr. Pushpendra Chavan]

I tried it on my RHEL7 machine itself, didn't try it in any other. It
should work fine with RHEL 6 or centos 6 too.  I don't see anything
specific required from RHEL7 here though.
On Jun 8, 2016 6:35 PM, "Hearn, Stan J." <Stan.Hearn at nscorp.com> wrote:

> Do I have to build the ISO on a RHEL 7 system?
>
>
>
> *From:* kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Pushpendra Chavan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2016 8:41 AM
> *To:* Discussion list about Kickstart
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: RHEL 7 problems.
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Here are the steps which I follow to modify my ISO for adding Kickstart,
> you might want to give it a try. One can run these steps on RHEL7/CentOS7
> machine.
>
> 1. Mount the DVD iso at some location:
>
>     # mount -o loop /path/to/rhel-server-7.2-x86_64-dvd.iso /mnt
>
> 2. Then create a directory and copy all the contents of the ISO into the
> same.
>
>     # mkdir /tmp/rhel7
>     # shopt -s dotglob
>     # cp -avRf /mnt/* /tmp/rhel7
>
> 3. Verify that all hidden files like .treeinfo are there in /tmp/rhel7
>
>     # cd /tmp/rhel7
>     #  ls -a
>
> 4. Get the kickstart file and rename it to ks.cfg
>
>     # cd /tmp/rhel7
>     # wget ftp://192.168.122.254/rhel7/ks.cfg <========== or simply copy
> your kickstart file
>
> 5. Confirm the LABEL of the DVD iso.
>
>     # blkid /path/to/rhel-server-7.2-x86_64-dvd.iso
>
> 6. Add the stanza in /tmp/rhel7/isolinux/isolinux.cfg file as follows.
>
> #######################################
> label kickstart
>   menu label ^Kickstart Installation of RHEL7.2
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.2\x20Server.x86_64
> inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
> #######################################
>
> Make sure that the stanza has inst.stage2 and the correct label.
>
> 7. Now, save the file and create the ISO as follows.
>
>     # mkisofs -J -T -o /tmp/rhel7test.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c
> isolinux/boot.cat
> <http://secure-web.cisco.com/1UMmCKqlVs5S02IVStJ2oWf5O2EAILD6pDZSIRHEYfHnX1NT0NI0br2PNX4vXs4STSwWWTwhuAANnKzx2UK3KCuZIFO4KNRwSnfrdkVhxA_i-zlra-ffDUBuKkdidpZest4x1YnWOuItfMbvoXPN6UDyGYl-hRMoCwGIuWUW39FL8x8jRlaLfyUuywEXebUncWYc_4f8qAi3_whsHnUh5pT-zL4kMrp18NTNHs4uqd3OSW2LUShL2htSsA7bva4zr/http%3A%2F%2Fboot.cat>
> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -m TRANS.TBL
> -graft-points -V "RHEL-7.2 Server.x86_64" /tmp/rhel7/
>
> The ISO /tmp/rhel7test.iso will be bootable. This will be for Legacy Boot
> only, for UEFI boot, the procedure will be a little bit different. Just few
> more steps added/replaced.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pushpendra Chavan.
>
>
>
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