On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:14:03AM -0600, Matt Sturtz wrote: > Hi Brian-- > > >> I am trying to perform a kickstart install of RHEL4U4 exclusively > >> via the drac (Dell Remote Access Card) interface onto a PE 2950 > >> without utilizing the systems other embedded nics. > > Although I haven't tried it, you should be able to do this, as long as > it's a media-based install (meaning you're using CD's, even though they're > virtual -- the virtual drive shows up as a USB device, so Linux should be > happy to deal with it). > > Note that Linux can NOT see the NIC in the DRAC -- if you're trying to do > a PXE or other Net-based install, you will need to have one of the main > system NIC's connected. Hi Matt: No booting from pxe. Only virtual cdrom. > > Have you actually tried it? If so, what problem(s) did you have (sorry, I > missed the original post -- just got a reply)... http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2007-April/date.html Attached is my ks.cfg. I configured the bios to boot from "virtual cdrom." The kickstart proceeeds to load vmlinuz and initrd.img where /sbin/loader gets ks.cfg from. Embedding the ks.cfg in the initrd.img is the only way I can get the first step loader to find the ks.cfg. Emedding the ks.cfg is known to /sbin/loader via this statement in isolinux.cfg: isolinux/isolinux.cfg append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 ks=file:/ks.cfg Anaconda loads the megaraid and usb-storage driver, then asks for a RHEL Linux CD. tty0 shows "CD Not Found..." tty2 shows: getting kickstart file setting up kickstrt KickstartFromCD going to set lang to en_US.UTF-8 settting lang.. starting to STEP_URL trying to mount CD device scd0 tty3 shows: Initialized USB Mass Storage driver... sci4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Store decives Vendor: Dell Model: Viurtal CDROM .. Typel CD-ROM sr0: scsi4-mmc drive: 24x/24x/cd/rw/xa/form2 caddy Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 USB Mass Storeage support registered. ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsfot Jolet Level 3 Unable to load NLS charset utf8 Unable to load NLS charset utf8 ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A I am giving the command cdrom in ks.cfg I tried messing around with the bootloader parameters to change how anaconda looks for the cdrom. Maybe I am on the right track here. Anaconda needs to look at sr0 instead of scd0 for the cdrom. #bootloader --location=mbr --append="hdd=ide-scsi" bootloader --location=mbr --append="sdd=ide-scsi" #bootloader --location=mbr --append="sr0=ide-scsi" #bootloader --location=mbr --append="sr0=ide-scsi" --driveorder=sr0 #bootloader --location=mbr --append="scd0=ide-scsi" --driveorder=scd0,sr0 #bootloader --location=mbr --append="scd0=ide-scsi" Thanks for your help. Darryl Wisneski -dkw
#System language lang en_US #Language modules to install langsupport --default=en_US #System keyboard keyboard us #System mouse mouse none #Sytem timezone timezone America/New_York #Root password rootpw --iscrypted ... #Reboot after installation reboot #Use text mode install text #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade install #System bootloader configuration #url --url http://10.21.11.92/kickstart cdrom ################################################################################ # Setup the disk drives. Two SAS drives sda and sdb. # Partition two drives the same way. # Root partition can't do LVM so leave it alone # # SDA # sda1 - 1G - half of md0 device for /boot # sda2 - 4G - swap - not much point to RAID swap # sda3 - Remainder - half of md1 device for LVM # SDB # sdb1 - 1G - half of md0 device for /boot # sdb2 - 4G - swap some more # sdb3 - Remainder - half of md1 device for LVM # # It seems you'll have to setup grub on both drives. I don't think Anaconda # will do it for some reason. After you boot and get a blank screen just # boot from the rescue CD and do this # # chroot /mnt/sysimage # # grub # grub>root (hd0,0) # grub>setup (hd0) # grub>root (hd1,0) # grub>setup (hd1) # # Clear out the Master Boot Record zerombr yes # where will be put the boot loader? - test me #bootloader --location=partition #bootloader --location=mbr --append="hdd=ide-scsi" bootloader --location=mbr --append="sdd=ide-scsi" #bootloader --location=mbr --append="sr0=ide-scsi" #bootloader --location=mbr --append="sr0=ide-scsi" --driveorder=sr0 #bootloader --location=mbr --append="scd0=ide-scsi" --driveorder=scd0,sr0 #bootloader --location=mbr --append="scd0=ide-scsi" # Setup # hda part raid.a1 --noformat --size=1024 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part swap --size=4096 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part raid.a3 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda # hdb part raid.b1 --noformat --size=1024 --ondisk=sdb --asprimary part swap --size=4096 --ondisk=sdb --asprimary part raid.b3 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb # # /boot on 1G RAID1 mirror raid /boot --level=1 --fstype=ext3 --device=md0 raid.a1 raid.b1 # LVM RAID1 array on 3rd partition of drives A,B raid pv.md1 --level=1 --fstype="physical volume (LVM)" --device=md1 raid.a3 raid.b3 # setup LVM for OS partitions # create volume group from md1 volgroup VGRAID pv.md1 # chop up volume group VGRAID into logical volumes logvol / --fstype=ext3 --name=LVRoot --vgname=VGRAID --size=1024 logvol /usr --fstype=ext3 --name=LVUsr --vgname=VGRAID --size=8192 logvol /usr/local --fstype=ext3 --name=LVUsrLocal --vgname=VGRAID --size=8192 logvol /home --fstype=ext3 --name=LVHome --vgname=VGRAID --size=10240 logvol /tmp --fstype=ext3 --name=LVTmp --vgname=VGRAID --size=4096 logvol /var --fstype=ext3 --name=LVVar --vgname=VGRAID --size=512 --grow #bootloader --location=mbr #Clear the Master Boot Record #zerombr yes #Partition clearing information #clearpart --all --initlabel #Disk partitioning information #part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size=256 --asprimary --ondisk=sda #part / --fstype "ext3" --size=1024 --ondisk=sda # at least 1x physical memory #part swap --size=8192 --ondisk=sda #part /usr --fstype "ext3" --size=8192 --ondisk=sda #part /usr/local --fstype "ext3" --size=8192 --ondisk=sda #part /home --fstype "ext3" --size=10240 --ondisk=sda #part /tmp --fstype "ext3" --size=2048 --ondisk=sda ##part /opt --fstype "ext3" --size=15360 --ondisk=sda #part /var --fstype "ext3" --grow --size=512 --ondisk=sda auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 firewall --disabled #Do not configure XWindows skipx ################################################################################ # pick software to install # This is a minimal software set for a webserver. It has no GUI nor other cruft %packages --resolvedeps @ Development Tools #@ Kernel Development kernel kernel-smp grub ntp zsh lynx curl lvm2 mdadm ################################################################################ # post install commands %post /usr/bin/eject /dev/hda /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdc # add users /usr/sbin/useradd -c "my user" -g 100 -d /home/myuser -s /bin/bash -m myuser # nfs mount on the new minted os a /mnt/temp, so we can put stuff on the machine /bin/mkdir /mnt/temp #/bin/mount -o nolock 10.21.11.92:/var/www/html/kickstart /mnt/temp # for update6 -dkw #/bin/rpm -i /mnt/temp/httpd-2.0.46-54.ent.i386.rpm /bin/sh /mnt/temp/sshk # josh added this for a bios update... not sure how it applies # /bin/cp /mnt/temp/4.5_OM_SUU_A00.iso /home/josh/4.5_OM_SUU_A00.iso /bin/tar xvpf /mnt/temp/fd.tar /bin/umount /mnt/temp /bin/rm -rf /mnt/temp # turn off chkconfig stuff /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 xinetd off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 rhnsd off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 gpm off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 kudzu off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 apmd off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 acpid off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 iptables off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 ip6tables off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 pcmcia off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 mdmonitor off /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 smartd off
