Hi all, I'm trying to use anaconda to build system images for Amazon's EC2 service. For this, you need to build a standard Linux system, then run a tool to package up the system into several files. The whole image building and packaging process is a bit adhoc, so I'm trying to automate it. My idea is to start with a kickstart file, then have anaconda build the system into a directory (rather than build a system from scratch), then run the packager on that directory only. To summarise: kickstart file -> [anaconda install] -> full system image in a directory -> [EC2 packager] -> final system image Looking at various websites, the --rootpath option seems to be the answer. On a CentOS 5.2 i386 machine, with the 11.1.2.113-1.el5.centos.2 version of anaconda installed, I tried this: mkdir -p /mnt/runtime/usr/sbin/ LANG=en /usr/sbin/anaconda -T -m http://mirrors.dedipower.com/centos/5.2/os/i386/ --rootpath=/root/buildroot The installer displays the text menu, asks for the early options, but then dies just after the "Checking dependencies in packages selected for installation..." step: Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py", line 95, in systemMounted self.loopbackFile = "%s%s%s" % (chroot, File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1328, in doPreInstall if self.method.systemMounted (anaconda.id.fsset, anaconda.rootPath): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 180, in doPreInstall anaconda.backend.doPreInstall(anaconda) ++ File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 588, in run anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 982, in ? anaconda.intf.run(anaconda) IndexError: list index out of range The last statement run is: self.loopbackFile = "%s%s%s" % (chroot, fsset.filesystemSpace(chroot)[0][0], "/rhinstall-stage2.img") With this being the problem: (Pdb) print fsset.filesystemSpace(chroot) [] The same problem has been noted before: http://www.linux-archive.org/centos/101098-anaconda-test-problem.html http://www.linuxsir.org/bbs/thread330760.html Does anyone have any ideas? Tom _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
