Actually, one other thing. The FC installers (core-1) have issue with some CDrom drives
and I have had excellent luck appending allowcddma to the options, as shown
in this isolinux.cfg:
prompt 1
display general.msg
label install
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=cdrom:/install_ks.cfg initrd=install_initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 allowcddma
The symptoms are that on certain hardware, the installation will fail at random
times. With the allowcddma appended, the issues are gone and the installation goes a lot
faster. No other compatibility issues have been noticed.
-brad
> No experience with the bulk of your issues, but genhdlist will take an
> argument as such:
>
> --productpath Fedora
>
> That eliminates the need for a work around.
>
> -brad
>
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I have been using kickstart for some time to build selinux installs on a
> > RHL7.1 base, and am trying to leapfrog forward to FC2 test 2, since
> > selinux is being integrated onto that distribution. I am currently
> > working with a minimal ks.cfg file, generated by the configurator. I am
> > appending it to the bottom of this email.
> >
> > When I try to install with:
> > linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
> > I get a "No driver found" window with the message "Unable to find any
> > devices of the type needed for this installation type."
> >
> > I am fairly certain that anaconda is finding my ks.cfg file, because if
> > I give it a bogus path, such as:
> > linux ks=cdrom:/foo.bar
> > I get an Error window with the message "Cannot find kickstart file on
> > CDROM."
> >
> > To test whether the problem is with the way I built my install CD, I
> > have also copied the ks.cfg to a diskette and booted from the FC2 test 2
> > disk 1 with the command:
> > linux ks=floppy:/ks.cfg
> > I get identical results, i.e. the "No driver found" window.
> >
> >
> > Has anyone successfully used kickstart with Fedora Core 2? Can you give
> > me any clues as to what's wrong?
> >
> > BTW, if anyone else is working with Fedora Core 2 I've noticed a couple
> > of other nits that are worth passing along:
> > - the disk 1 ISO image for test 2 is not bootable. Technically, when I
> > tested with the standard install CDs, I initially booted with the FC2
> > test 1 disk 1 and then swapped to FC2 test 2.
> > - The current anaconda genhdlist program wants to write to RedHat/base
> > rather than Fedora/base. I've been getting around this by symbolically
> > linking Fedora to RedHat before calling genhdlist, then removing the
> > link before creating the ISO file.
> > - It appears to me that we will need an "selinux" option similar to the
> > "firewall" option in the ks.cfg file, with options to disable, warn or
> > enable.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martin Robb
> > MartinRobb@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > My current ks.cfg file:
> >
> > #Generated by Kickstart Configurator
> > #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
> >
> >
> > #System language
> > lang en_US
> > #Language modules to install
> > langsupport en_US
> > #System keyboard
> > keyboard us
> > #System mouse
> > mouse genericwheelps/2
> > #Sytem timezone
> > timezone America/New_York
> > #Root password
> > rootpw 15:1AIsasih,ga
> > #Reboot after installation
> > reboot
> > #Install OS instead of upgrade
> > install
> > #Use CDROM installation media
> > cdrom
> > #System bootloader configuration
> > bootloader --location=mbr
> > #Clear the Master Boot Record
> > zerombr yes
> > #Partition clearing information
> > clearpart --all --initlabel
> > #Disk partitioning information
> > part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow
> > part swap --size 1024
> > #System authorization infomation
> > auth --useshadow --enablemd5
> > #Firewall configuration
> > firewall --disabled
> > #Do not configure XWindows
> > skipx
> > #Package install information
> > %packages --resolvedeps
> > @ Core
> > @ Dialup Networking Support
> > @ Base
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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> Brad Doctor, CISSP
>
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