[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart Installation Freeze/Crash

[Trevor T Kates]

I found the cause for this problem. It lies in a new option available
under Spacewalk 1.1. Under Kickstart -> Profiles -> <profile> ->
System Details -> Details -> Spacewalk Profile, using the re-connect
option adds a pre-script to kickstart which appears to cause my
particular installation to freeze after formatting boot and trying to
mount /. Using the last option removes the pre-script and my
installation no longer hangs.

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Trevor T. Kates
Associate Software Systems Engineer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor T Kates (Services - 6)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:31 AM
> To: 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'
> Subject: Kickstart Installation Freeze/Crash
> 
> While kickstarting a CentOS 5.5_i386 workstation, the install process
> halts completely at
> 
> 14:19:40 INFO        : trying to mount VolGroup00/root on /
> 
> This occurs whether I use a DVD or USB drive to initiate the kickstart.
> This also occurs in graphical mode and text mode. I'm completely stumped
> on how to fix this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> ________________________________________________________
> Trevor T. Kates
> Associate Software Systems Engineer

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