Hello,
I have following scenario:
- need to install very large number of physical servers
- RHEL repository is on the network filer (url install, NFS install available)
- there is no DHCP available (and it is not possible to have one - long story)
- I know serial number and IP for each server
- I know serial number and IP for each server
My idea was to boot from installation image rhel-server-6.5-x86_64-boot.iso where I modified following:
- isolinux.cfg to load kickstart file
label Project
menu label Project
menu default
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img
label Project
menu label Project
menu default
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img
add kickstart file containing network configuration in %pre script (get serial number from dmidecode, assign IP, install from network. + configure hw raid etc etc)
Basically, something like this:
install
url --url 1.2.3.4.7/rhel-x86_64-server-6.5
...
%include /tmp/network
%pre
#!/bin/sh
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
# PRE-INSTALL NETWORK SETUP #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
echo "network --bootproto=static --vlanid=123 --ip=1.2.3.4 --netmask=255.255.248.0 --gateway=1.2.3.5 --nameserver=1.2.3.6 --device=eth0" > /tmp/network
install
url --url 1.2.3.4.7/rhel-x86_64-server-6.5
...
%include /tmp/network
%pre
#!/bin/sh
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
# PRE-INSTALL NETWORK SETUP #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
echo "network --bootproto=static --vlanid=123 --ip=1.2.3.4 --netmask=255.255.248.0 --gateway=1.2.3.5 --nameserver=1.2.3.6 --device=eth0" > /tmp/network
But. System asks for network settings when booted.
I understand that I need to have stage2 loaded before anaconda starts %pre section. So, I need it to use stage2 from iso. But it looks for stage2 on the network when there is url as source in kickstart file. Is there any way how to tell installer:
I understand that I need to have stage2 loaded before anaconda starts %pre section. So, I need it to use stage2 from iso. But it looks for stage2 on the network when there is url as source in kickstart file. Is there any way how to tell installer:
- start Anaconda from CD (use local install.img), run %pre, download packages from url ?
file copied to /tmp/ks.cfg
setting up kickstart
kickstart forcing text mode
kickstartFromUrl
results of url ks, url http://1.2.3.7/rhel-x86_64-server-6.5
trying to mount CD device /dev/sr0 on /mnt/stage2
drive status is CDC_DISC_OK
transferring /mnt/stage2/images/install.img to /tmp
mounted loopback device /mnt/runtime on /dev/loop0 as /tmp/install.img #Perfect
Looking for updates in /mnt/stage2/images/updates.img
Looking for product in /mnt/stage2/images/product.img
mounted loopback device /tmp/product-disk on /dev/loop7 as /mnt/stage2/images/product.img
umounting loopback /tmp/product-disk /dev/loop7
umounting loopback /mnt/runtime /dev/loop0 #Why??
no stage2= given, assuming http://1.2.3.7/rhel-x86_64-server-6.5/images/install.img #you have it in /tmp already!
setting language to en_US.UTF-8
starting STEP_METHOD
need to set up networking
...
...
Do you have any idea if it possible to somehow change this stage2 behavior? I found Anaconda boot options but I am unable to set stage2 either by stage2= or inst.stage2=.
(Any other idea how to set IP in ks.cfg and use it for packages downloading without DHCP would be also appreciated.)
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