RE: Kickstart problems with %post not executing && network proble ms

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-----Original Message-----
From: James S. Martin [mailto:james.martin@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 2:26 PM
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Kickstart problems with %post not executing && network problems

The main problem with %post not executing is using a Windows text editor 
to edit the kickstart file..  It adds an extra CR (or is it LF) to the 
file and the kickstart interpretor seems to ignore those lines.  I had 
the same problem before, just make sure you edit the file in Linux or 
use a Windows editor that doesn't do this (notepad does).

James

Nick Bernstein wrote:
> First off, I have no idea why this is giving me so much trouble -- it 
> seems pretty straight forward from what I've read. This is my first time 
> using kickstart and I've encountered two main problems that I'm hoping 
> you might be able to help me with.
> I apologize in advance if either of these are problems that have been 
> discussed before, but search page that red-hat provides for the mailing 
> list seems to be broken and would not return any results.
> 
> 1. a) Kickstart has an extremely hard time getting an address. When 
> trying to use dhcp (prefered) to obtain and address I have a 1 out of 9 
> rate of success. From what I 've seen come up on google this is a 
> reoccuring problem.
> 
>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=kickstart+dhcp+pr
oblem&sa=N&tab=wg> 
> 
> 
>   b) I tried to resolve the problems of using DHCP with specifying an 
> address in the ks.cfg file using: "network --bootproto static --ip 
> 192.168.0.250 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.0.1 --nameserver 
>  192.168.0.11" making sure that it was all on the same line. I also used:
> "network --static --ip 192.168.0.250 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 
> 192.168.0.1 --nameserver  192.168.0.11" once as I saw it in a kickstart 
> tutorial I found on google. I didn's use them together, and I assume the 
> 1st is right, as that is what is listed in the manual. Specifying the 
> address staticly did not work. Anaconda would then prompt me for an 
> address and I would have to key it in.
> 
> 2. My main problem is that %post does not work. at all. It won't even 
> echo to a file. This is really inconvenient, as %post is really the main 
> reason I want to use kickstart. I understand that post runs in a 
> chrooted jail and added "%post --nochroot" with no success. At this 
> point all kickstart seems to be doing is the actual software installation.
> 
> I've included my ks.cgf below. If anyone could help me with this I would 
> be eternally gratefull. ...ok not eternally but a good while anyway.
> 
> 
> THANKS!!
> Nick
> 
> --------------------< KS.CFG >-------------------------------
> # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
> # ks.cfg
> install
> lang en_US
> network --static --ip 198.168.210.250 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 
> 198.168.210.1 --nameserver 198.168.210.12 network
> langsupport --default en_US.iso885915 en_US.iso885915
> keyboard us
> mouse msintellips/2 --device psaux
> xconfig --card "ATI Mach64" --videoram 8192 --hsync 31.5-48.5 --vsync 
> 50-70 --resolution 1024x768 --depth 32
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$CªÇTÑW2A$vgJP8Y3jcdap4NKyZ/tY./
> firewall --disabled
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablesmbauth --smbservers officesrv 
> --smbworkgroup docmagic
> timezone America/Los_Angeles
> nfs --server=da.docmagic.com --dir=/u2/install/7.3/
> bootloader
> clearpart --linux
> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=50 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> part / --fstype ext3 --size=50000 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> part /home --fstype ext3 --size=5000 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> part /u --fstype reiserfs --size=70000 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> part /u2 --fstype ext3 --size 12500 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> part swap --size=1024 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0
> 
> %packages
> @ Printing Support
> @ Classic X Window System
> @ X Window System
> @ GNOME
> @ Sound and Multimedia Support
> @ Network Support
> @ Messaging and Web Tools
> @ NFS File Server
> @ Windows File Server
> @ Network Managed Workstation
> @ Utilities
> @ Software Development
> @ Kernel Development
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> %post
> # SET UP THE HOSTNAME
> #####################################################################
> echo NETWORKING=yes >/etc/sysconfig/network
> echo HOSTNAME=dsi2.docmagic.com >> /etc/sysconfig/network
> 
> # PORTMAP HAS A HISTORY OF BEING UNSCURE. LETS KEEP IT OFF BY DEFAULT
> #####################################################################
> /bin/rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S13portmap
> 
> # GIVE da A PLACE TO LIVE AND MOUNT IT
> #####################################################################
> /bin/mkdir /mnt/da_nfs
> /bin/mount 192.168.210.12:/u2 /mnt/da_nfs
> 
> # COPY OVER CONFIG FILES
> #####################################################################
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/ifcfg-eth0 
> /ets/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/profile /etc/profile
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/bashrc /etc/bashrc
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/xinetd.d/* /etc/xinetd.d/
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/named.conf /etc/named.conf
> /bin/cp -f /mnt/da_nfs/install/ks/skel/S55named /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/
> 
> # MAKE A LINK TO SATISFY AN OLD DEPENDS
> ######################################################################
> /bin/ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.4
> 
> # INSTALLS THE COMPAQ RPMS FOR SNMP ETC.
> ######################################################################
> rpm -Uvh /mnt/da_nfs/RPMS/compaq/*.rpm
> rpm -Uvh /mnt/da_nfs/software/RPMS/jdk-1.3.1_06.i586.rpm
> 
> 
> --------------------< KS.CFG >-------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
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