[Spacewalk-list] Kickstarting KVM Image

[James Hogarth]

Ah I understand you now....

On my server I mount --bind the dvd iso to a directory and use that as the
source for my distro tree...

2009/12/11 Gerd Mueller <gerd.mueller at mikatiming.de>

> :) I used netinstall for the distro-tree. That was wrong
>
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> Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 09:23 +0000 schrieb James Hogarth:
> > Hmm that's odd... I always use a netinstall CD for my kickstarts...
> >
> > I use a custom isolinux.cfg file to have labels predetermined for a
> > variety of configurations.... DB, base, web slave, varnish proxy etc
> > depending on the role the system is to have... The kickstarts differ
> > by activation key used (for different packages/channels and
> > configuration channels) and network configurations...
> >
> > To save space on my ESX farms I use a netinstall cd to kickstart them
> > (dont' have access to dhcp in my environment for PXE) since the ~5-9MB
> > netinstall for teh purpose of kickstart is much better than the space
> > for the CD/DVD....
> >
> > One thing that does ring a bell given you say the CentOS first CD
> > works for this is...
> >
> > I have seen similar behaviour when attempting to use, say, a 5.0 RHEL
> > CD to kickstart from a 5.1 repo mirror... and vice versa. If memory
> > serves anaconda doesn't like booting from kernel 'A' and then finding
> > kernel 'B' in the kickstart distro tree....
> >
> > What base (5.x) version was the netinstall iso you were trying to use?
> > I see you have a 5.4 tree....
> >
> > If you need help building a custom iso for kickstart purposes let me
> > know and I'll share my build scripts and isolinux behaviour.
> >
> > James
> >
> > 2009/12/11 James Hogarth <james.hogarth at gmail.com>
> >         You wont' see anything in your browser at the path there as it
> >         appears spacewalk only delivers content requested and not
> >         everything in the 'virtual' directory......
> >
> >         How far do you get with the KS installation? Package install,
> >         partitioning, no KS file found, etc?
> >
> >         2009/12/11 Gerd Mueller <gerd.mueller at mikatiming.de>
> >
> >                 Hi,
> >
> >                 I cannot get the kickstart installation do work. After
> >                 configuring I
> >                 find following parameter in my kickstart file:
> >
> >                 url --url
> >                 http://spacewalk..../ks/dist/Centos-5.4-x86_64
> >
> >                 If I open this path with a standardbrowser I don't
> >                 find anything
> >                 underneath this path. If I change the manually
> >                 parameter to
> >
> >                 url --url
> >                 http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/os/x86_64
> >
> >                 the kickstart installation runs but doesnot finish
> >                 successfully.
> >
> >                 I am sure I am missing something her. But what?
> >
> >                 Any help would be appreciated
> >
> >                 Thank you
> >
> >                 Gerd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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