Hi All,
I am having problems with the Kickstart installaion process with RH Workstation 5.3. The dvd or its NFS mounted iso image has both the Client and Workstation packages and I want to install some packages from the Workstation repository. This is in principle Ok when an installation key is provided, but when the installation key is skipped the workstation package repository is ignored and missing packages (abort or continue) questions arise, which means that manual intervention is required. I could specify the ignore missing packages, but then the installed system does not have the configuration that is required. What I need is a solution to install a new/replacement workstation without inititially having a key (which gets provided later).
When an installation key is provided, i.e
nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53
key 5d44a61f5d08xxxx
in /var/log/anaconda.log I see that it picks up both the Workstation and the client repositiories
12:11:29 INFO : moving (1) to step regkey
12:11:29 INFO : Adding Workstation repo
12:11:29 INFO : Adding Base repo
12:11:29 INFO : repopaths is {'workstation': 'Workstation', 'base': 'Client'}
12:11:30 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup
12:11:30 INFO : package paths is {'workstation': ['file:///mnt/source/./Workstation'], 'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']}
However, when the installation key is skipped (which is a valid option), i.e.
nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53
key --skip
in /var/log/anaconda.log I see that it picks only the client repository
14:37:54 INFO : skipping install key
14:37:55 INFO : package paths is {'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']}
14:37:57 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for imake
14:37:57 DEBUG : no package matching imake
14:40:31 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for arpwatch
14:40:31 DEBUG : no package matching arpwatch
To overcome this I tried to add the Workstation repository to kickstart
nfs --server=10.200.7.14 --dir=/os/RHWS53
key --skip
repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=nfs://10.200.7.14:/os/RHWS53/Workstation
or
repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=nfs://10.200.7.14:/os/RHWS53/Workstation/repodata
or
repo --name=Workstation --baseurl=file://mnt/source/./Workstation
in the anaconda log I see that it didn't except this
14:37:54 INFO : skipping install key
14:37:55 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup
14:37:55 INFO : package paths is {'base': ['file:///mnt/source/./Client']}
14:37:55 INFO : added repository Workstation with source URL file://mnt/source/./Workstation
14:37:55 WARNING : /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py:250: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float
self.w = _snack.scale(width, total)
14:37:55 WARNING : /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py:247: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float
self.w.scaleSet(amount)
14:37:55 DEBUG : repo time: 0.001
14:37:55 DEBUG : Setting up Package Sacks
14:37:56 DEBUG : pkgsack time: 0.836
14:37:56 DEBUG : Reading Local RPMDB
14:37:56 DEBUG : rpmdb time: 0.000
14:37:56 DEBUG : repo time: 0.001
14:37:56 DEBUG : Setting up Package Sacks
14:37:56 ERROR : reading package metadata: Cannot retrieve repository metadata
(repomd.xml) for repository: Workstation. Please verify its path and try again
14:37:56 ERROR : disabling non-base repo Workstation: Cannot retrieve reposito
ry metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: Workstation. Please verify its path and
try again
14:37:56 DEBUG : Getting group metadata
14:37:57 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for imake
14:37:57 DEBUG : no package matching imake
14:40:31 DEBUG : Checking for virtual provide or file-provide for arpwatch
14:40:31 DEBUG : no package matching arpwatch
The later appears to be a known problem and as yet I have not found a solution to this either.
Thanks,
Chris
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