On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:46 PM, James Laska wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 08:18 -0400, Vadym Chepkov wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to improve a generic kickstart for Fedora. Since not all packages are present on the DVD for my setup, I have to include "everything" repository: >> >> repo --name="everything" --baseurl=http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/linux/releases/13/Everything/i386/os/ >> >> I would like to avoid hardcoding "13" and "i386" and to be able to determine $releasever/$basearch in %pre section, so I don't have to update kickstart with each Fedora release. > > I haven't tried using yum variables in the kickstart 'repo' line. I > honestly don't recall whether it works or not. > > Can you confirm that it doesn't work? I think it might be worth > considering as a feature request for anaconda/pykickstart. Of course, > without digging deeper, I'm not sure what plumbing (if any) would be > required to enable this. It doesn't expand them, uses them literally: install url --url http://t100.chepkov.lan/linux/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os/ anaconda stops: âââââââââââââ Error ââââââââââââââ â â â Unable to retrieve â â http://t100.chepkov.lan/linux/ â â fedora/$releasever/$basearch/o â â s//images/install.img. â â â â ââââââ â â â OK â â â ââââââ â â â â â ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ Here is http server log: 10.10.10.68 - - [05/Nov/2010:17:26:40 +0000] "GET /cfg/c22-fedora.cfg HTTP/1.1" 200 1544 "-" "anaconda/14.22" 10.10.10.68 - - [05/Nov/2010:17:26:40 +0000] "GET /linux/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os//images/updates.img HTTP/1.1" 404 336 "-" "anaconda/14.22" 10.10.10.68 - - [05/Nov/2010:17:26:40 +0000] "GET /linux/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os//images/product.img HTTP/1.1" 404 336 "-" "anaconda/14.22" 10.10.10.68 - - [05/Nov/2010:17:26:40 +0000] "GET /linux/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os//images/install.img HTTP/1.1" 404 336 "-" "anaconda/14.22" Vadym _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
