On Fri, 14 May 2004, Gary Ford wrote: >I need help with the following items: > >1. Is my scenario feasible? Yes. >2. So far, I've had no luck getting a Kickstart installation to run. >The Apache server log shows that the ks.cfg file is being requested and >sent, but the installer seems to ignore it and proceed with a >completely interactive installation. I'm using the boot option "linux >ks=http://192.168.0.1/Linux/ks.cfg";. Do I need additional boot options? What do the other VCs (virtual consoles) say? (Press Alt+F2, Alt+F3 etc.) >3. If I add RPMs to the Fedora/RPMS directory, how does that affect >files in Fedora/base? I understand "comps.xml" and have a tool on the >Mac OS X box that can generate it and a Kickstart configuration file >after "interviewing" the user to determine the packages that the user >is likely to need. I do not understand the "hdlist", "hdlist2", >"hdstg2.img", "netstg2.img", or "stage2.img" files, their roles in >installation, and how to create them. The .img files *are* the Redhat installer, aka Anaconda. The hdlist* files are mapping files from a package name in comps.xml or the kickstart file to real .rpm files in Fedora/RPMS. They're build by genhdlist, and need to be rebuilt every time the contents of Fedora/RPMS change. >4. The RH9 documentation for an HTTP installation of Linux makes >reference to the "installation tree". The only definition of that term >I could find says it means the entire contents of all the installation >CD-ROMs. That seems extreme (does the installer really need the DOS >utilities or the boot diskette image file?). What does "installation >tree" really mean? It means the Fedora/base and Fedora/RPMS directories. Kickstarting doesn't require dosutils, images, isolinux etc., but they're small and sometimes useful to keep around. >5. Is it okay to boot the Dell host from Fedora CD 1, or is there a >better choice? For kickstarts, you'll definitely want to boot from the same kernel and initrd that the second-stage installer expects. In other words, if installing FC1 (Fedora Core 1), boot from FC1. Hope this helps, Phil
