-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Prasanna Ponnada wrote: > I have a machine setup that does RAID level 1 mirroring. > I create a kickstart config file and modify grub.conf such that it > points to my vmlinuz, initrd and kickstart files. > My kickstart, vmlinuz and initrd files are in the /boot directory. Pransanna, Please try removing the /boot from your kickstart path. I believe grub sees your boot partition as / and not /boot during the boot process. Please see this post http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg05948.html . Greg > > Filesystem layout: > # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% > Mounted on > /dev/md0 30233808 761376 27936624 3% / > none 1990496 0 1990496 0% /dev/shm > #cat /etc/fstab > /dev/md0 / ext3 > defaults 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts > gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs > defaults 0 0 > none /proc proc > defaults 0 0 > none /sys sysfs > defaults 0 0 > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 swap swap > defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda /media/cdrom auto > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > vmlinuz and initrd files are detected fine and my machine boots up fine > until it fails to find the kickstart file. > After that the loader prompts me to input values. > > Please find the extract from my grub.conf below: > /etc/grub.conf entry: > -------------------------- > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-AS4.0-x86_84 ks='hd:md0:/boot/ks.cfg' ro root=/dev/md0 > initrd /boot/initrd-AS4.0-x86_64.img > > Please find the display on tty1 below: > * getting kickstart file > * getting kickstart file from harddrive > * Loading ks from device md0 on path /ks.cfg > * getFileFrom BlockDevice(md0, /ks.cfg) > * failed to mount /dev/md0: Invalid argument > * trying to mount CD device hda > > I understand that the "partition" information that I am specifying in my > path to ks is wrong. > However, I tried various other options but cannot seem to get it right > at all. > Any help/pointers would be greatly appreciated. > > thanks > Prasanna -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDrMlAxyxe5L6mr7IRAohQAKCZCBjafkX+6fcLxFZkPBmiylBniACghUlJ Q/ihQlQW6OKHXYwBdrFSiIE= =Lwzs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
