-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Phil Oester wrote: > When using ks=hd: on the command line, I get an error that the ks.cfg > file can't be found, but if I hit enter on the same path, it works the > second time. It seems to be due to the scsi drives not yet being ready > when kickstart first looks for the file. > >>From the logs: > > 17:03:35 DEBUG : probing buses > 17:03:35 DEBUG : waiting for hardware to initialize > 17:03:37 INFO : getting kickstart file > 17:03:37 INFO : getting kickstart file from harddrive > 17:03:37 INFO : Loading ks from device sda1 on path /ks/ks.cfg > 17:03:37 INFO : getFileFromBlockDevice(sda1, /ks/ks.cfg) > 17:03:37 ERROR : failed to mount /dev/sda1: No such file or directory > <hit enter here, then it succeeds> > 17:05:56 INFO : getting kickstart file from harddrive > 17:05:56 INFO : Loading ks from device sda1 on path /ks/ks.cfg > 17:05:56 INFO : getFileFromBlockDevice(sda1, /ks/ks.cfg) > 17:05:56 INFO : Searching for file on path /tmp/mnt//ks/ks.cfg > 17:05:56 INFO : file copied to /tmp/ks.cfg > > Any ideas? Some need for scsi_wait_scan here perhaps? > > Phil Looks like a bug, but not necessarily in anaconda. Shouldn't the drive be ready before POST completes? Perhaps you have a BIOS option enabled that tells POST to complete even though the drive isn't ready (fast POST or something like that)? I'm unable to duplicate this on my hardware. I don't know of any parameters that would tell anaconda to wait. The only thing I can think of is passing multiple (MANY!) duplicate ks parameters. Anaconda will try them all (well, I've only tried it with < 4 so there may be a limit, and I've never tried passing multiple ks parameters with the same value either). So you could try: ks=hd:sda1:/ks/ks.cfg ks=hd:sda1:/ks/ks.cfg ... ks=hd:sda1:/ks/ks.cfg and see if the drive becomes ready before anaconda reaches the end of the list. I know that's far from elegant, but it's the best I can come up with. - -- Kyle Powell | Red Hat | Senior Consultant, RHCE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJSWF/7pTtanQdBU4RAh30AKCOMvDP8rN8dex5EtKBBTPsXGVbSACfWvtl Xm1Nz41iCO1g1l/ynTzUdnc= =UVuy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
