Folks -
Even the Errata to the 7.1 Kickstart How-To fails to mention a crucial
point about installing over a network. Since 7.1 requires two CD's, it
is not enough just to copy the contents of the RedHat directories on the
two CD's into a directory accessible to the install program. It is
neccessary to run genhdlist, as root:
/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist <directory>.
This will update the files hdlist and hdlist2 which tell the
install program which RPMS are available for it to install.
If one simply follows the instructions in the How-To, copying the
files, from CD1 and then CD2, you will end up with hdlists which
only reflect the files on the second CD. Because of this, your
installation will fail, and it will seem like it couldn't read
your ks.cfg file, because it will prompt you for the language,
even though it was specified in the ks.cfg file. Only after
finding out about the virtual consoles, was I able to figure
out what had gone wrong.
And if, for example, the NFS server is not a linux machine, then
you have to nfs export that directory with root privileges given to
a linux machine which has anaconda-runtime installed.
One final note, is that the Kickstart How-To should mention also that
more information can be obtained for debugging purposes, by using
the Virtual Console feature. I found this helpful info in an old
version of the Kickstart How-To at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/KickStart-HOWTO-7.html
You can keep an eye on what KickStart is doing by by switching virtual
consoles as usual:
Alt-F1 - installation dialog
Alt-F2 - shell prompt
Alt-F3 - install log (messages from install program)
Alt-F4 - system log (messages from kernel, etc.)
Alt-F5 - other messages
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