Lest there be any confusion, I didn't write the stuff attributed to me (the first indented ">"); that belongs to John. No doubt due to a simple typing error. -dwight- On Thursday 14 February 2008 03:57:01 am John Summerfield wrote: > dwight at supercomputer.org wrote: > > I'm forking a thread on ks, because it illustrates something > that's been on my mind for a while. > > When I boot CD to net install (which I suppose the OP is doing coz > otherwise it doesn;t make sense to head for other parts, media in > hand), I'd like it to spit the CD out as soon as it's not > required. > > Normally, I use PXE but just sometimes, I might boot from CD and > then install off a good ADSL connexion. Taking the CD ensures > there won't be an install loop. Waiting for it's tedious. > > > bts I've just been testing PX+KS (CentOS5.1) on a 3yo or so > Pentium IV. Takes a little less than 15 minutes, about what RHHL > 7.2-3 took on Pentium IIs fdr a similar install. > > In contrast, XP's equivalent takes around an hour and despite the > .SIF file (equivalent to the ks) it insists asking more question. > And then it's ready to install the applications such as office > software. > > Good Work JK (who I think's been on it all that time) and crew. > > > It sounds like there's some process left around which is keeping > > the device open. That would be the first thing I'd check. If > > nothing is obvious from a ps(1), then you'll have to dig deeper. > > > > lsof(1) and/or an `fuser -v` are typically used to track this > > down. The trouble is that these aren't available from the F2 > > virtual terminal. I'm going from memory at the moment, but I'm > > pretty certain this is the case. > > > > To use these utilities, you'll have to do something like the > > following: > > 1. chroot /mnt/system > > 2. mount up /sys (Check fstab, it would be something like > > mount -t sysfs /sys > > 3. mount up /proc > > 4. /sbin/start_udev > > > > You should then be able to use lsof and/or fuser. > > > > You can also now do all sorts of other nifty things. > > > > Note that to exit this environment cleanly, you have to clean up > > in the reverse order. Starting will killing the udevd daemon. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > -dwight- > > > > On Wednesday 13 February 2008 06:55:13 am Peter Schwenk wrote: > >> I've been using kickstart installs with Fedora and CentOS for > >> quite a while now. I boot the system with a cd and enter the > >> appropriate command at the BOOT: prompt and away it goes. I've > >> gotten used to being able to eject the cd from the system > >> (using the button on the drive) at the point where it is > >> installing packages. For some reason, with Fedora 8 kickstart > >> installs the cd is locked in the drive and I cannot eject it. > >> I've tried going to a virtual terminal and running 'eject > >> /tmp/cdrom', but it returns "Input/output error". > >> > >> I'd like to be able to take the cd with me so that I don't have > >> to go and retrieve it later. Does anyone know how this can be > >> done? Thanks in advance for your help. > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> - Peter Schwenk > >> - CITA-3, Systems Administrator > >> - Mathematical Sciences > >> - University of Delaware > >> - schwenk _at_ math _dot_ udel _dot_ edu > >> - http://www.math.udel.edu/~schwenk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
