Richard wrote:
Hi,
I am probably missing something very obvious. But I cannot see how I
initiate the kickstart install from the fc9 media (neither the
Fedora-9-i386-disc1.iso nor the Fedora-9-i386-netinst.iso).
I have performed the following successfully ....
1. downloaded and extracted the full fc9 DVD.iso to a local
"kickstart server"
2. downloaded and created CD's from the images ....
* Fedora-9-i386-disc1.iso
* Fedora-9-i386-netinst.iso
3. successfully performed a network install from the extracted fc9
media (via http)
* booted from Fedora-9-i386-netinst.iso
* via menu's, pointed installation process at the fc9
media on my "kickstart server"
* entered data for configuration and package selection
manually
* ended up with a fully functional server!
4. copied the kickstart file created during the manual install
* placed it in the media directory (i.e. ./fc9/i386/os/)
as ks.cfg
* using a browser from another machine confirmed ks.cfg is
readable via http
Now I want to initiate my kickstart installation to "repeat" the
install I have performed interactively on other machines. Bit I
cannot work out how using the fc9 media I can access the boot: command
line.
The OLDER Fedora install media had a selection menu at boot time that
enabled you to select the command line and simply enter "boot: linux
ks=http://192.168.3.204/fcx/ks.cfg";.
The fc9 kickstart documentation still advises to enter a boot command
at the boot prompt. "linux ks=..." etc.
But the fc9 media that I have just runs straight past the point where
you can enter a command at the boot prompt. I can see this stage of
the install process "flashing by" on the display but it does not pause
for me to make a selection. I assume this is because there are now
separate .iso images / CD's for the network install and the "CD install".
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Cheers,
Richard
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If you are primarily interested in doing netinstall like activity,
cobbler can set this up for you pretty simply.
yum install cobbler
vi /etc/cobbler/settings
cobbler check
cobbler import --name=F9 --mirror=/mnt/cdrom
cobbler profile edit --name=F9-i386
--kickstart=/etc/cobbler/mykickstart.template
# let's verify that looks like what we want
cobbler profile getks --name=F9
# repeat as desired or add more distributions, or further customize your
profiles
cobbler buildiso
This will create a net install ISO that points back to your cobbler
server, which is perhaps more useful if you do have a datacenter
environment as then you're also doing the mirroring and doing have large
ISOs to truck around ... the ISO contains no packages, just
kernel+initrds and references to kickstart files hostetd on the cobbler
server.
--Michael
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