Anaconda-devel March 2004

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pkgorder
by Matthew Miller 03 Apr '04

03 Apr '04

Hey, wow, that package order thing seems to actually mean something in Fedora Core. Since we do network installs and I don't care about swapping CDs, I had been neglecting to run it. Imagine my surprise when a Fedora Core Test2-based tree pretty much tried to go in alphabetical order, making a few little things like, oh, THE KERNEL not install at all. :) -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

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Re: new pango-1.2.5-4 does not have pango-querymodules
by William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Systinet work user wrote: > Hi, > > > this update of pango does not have pango-querymodules, it has > pango-querymodules-32 and this discrepancy confuse anaconda's > buildinstall. Buildinstall cannot find mentioned file and refuses to > create /etc/pango/pango.modules (or what is the name of it) and thus an > installation is without any text. > > What can be a solution? > > -- Hi, Just apply this patch to /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/upd-instroot. HTH. -- Bill in Denver

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Re: pkgorder
by Matthew Miller 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 04:27:13PM +0800, Kam-Ming Siu wrote: > I have the same problem. I discovered that the package installation order > follows alphabetical order. So I try to from the order list by using > "pkgorder". The output of "pkgorder" is very different from the > installation order. I wonder which order is correct. As I know wrong > installation order affect the rpm post install script, some commands > called before it is installed. Using pkgorder and feeding that to genhdlist worked fine. -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

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kickstart forced to eth0
by Stephen Mah 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

how do you force kickstart installs to eth0 if the system has two nic cards? I tried the following in the ks file: nfs --server servername --dir /vault/redhat-rhel network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname generic isolinux.cfg (reads the ks.cfg from the network) append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 vga=788 ks=nfs:servername:/vault/ks.cfg -steve

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method= param ignored?
by Ed Brown 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

I haven't had any success using the "method=ftp://ip.of.server/path/to/dir/that/contains_'RedHat'_dir" parameter at the boot: prompt. (RHEL3) The GUI prompt for install method appears, and installation proceeds if the same server and path are entered there, or if the url line is supplied in a kickstart file. The parameter is documented in command-line.txt in the anaconda documentation. Am I missing something? thanks, Ed

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Why does sfdisk'ing in %pre break my kickstart?
by Martin Stone 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Hi, Not satisfied with the way that anaconda orders my partitions when I let it handle the partition tables, I tried using sfdisk in my %pre section, like so: sfdisk -uC /dev/sda << EOF 1,26,83,* 27,131,82 158,,fd EOF sfdisk -uC /dev/sdb << EOF 1,26,83,* 27,131,82 158,,fd EOF And then did the appropriate things in my partitioning section, like: part raid.1 --onpart=sda3 part raid.2 --onpart=sdb3 raid / --fstype=ext3 --level=1 --device=md0 raid.1 raid.2 Anaconda would then complain about "error opening 'md0': no such device or address". So I thought that perhaps md was getting started before my %pre section, and maybe I had to restart it or something, so I went with: raidstop /dev/md0 echo *** before partition - /proc/mdstat shows: cat /proc/mdstat sleep 5 sfdisk -uC /dev/sda << EOF 1,26,83,* 27,131,82 158,,fd EOF sfdisk -uC /dev/sdb << EOF 1,26,83,* 27,131,82 158,,fd EOF cat >/tmp/raidtab << EOF raiddev /dev/md0 raid-level 1 nr-raid-disks 2 chunk-size 64 persistent-superblock 1 nr-spare-disks 0 device /dev/sda3 raid-disk 0 device /dev/sdb3 raid-disk 1 EOF mkraid --configfile /tmp/raidtab -R /dev/md0 raidstart /dev/md0 echo *** in %pre - /proc/mdstat shows: cat /proc/mdstat sleep 5 Now, /proc/mdstat shows what I would expect in both places, i.e., no devices in the first one, and a raid 1 device on md0 in the second... but I still get the same error. It's weird because I can go to a shell and mkfs and mount /dev/md0 (and /tmp/md0) just fine. So what gives? Any ideas? Thanks, Mart

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Customize Package Selection
by Kohlmeier, Markus 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Hello. Is there an option to customize the package selection window ? I want to remove the "Everything" checkbox. Thnaks, Markus

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problems partitioning when kickstarting
by Martin Stone 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

This may be a FAQ - apologies if it is, but I haven't found any definitive answer anywhere. When I do something like this in my ks.cfg: clearpart --drives sda,sdb --initlabel part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 200 --ondisk sda part swap --size 1024 --ondisk sda part raid.01 --size 8192 --grow --ondisk sda part /boot.spare --fstype ext3 --size 200 --ondisk sdb part swap --size 1024 --ondisk sdb part raid.02 --size 8192 --grow --ondisk sdb raid / --level=RAID1 --device=md0 --fstype ext3 raid.01 raid.02 The partitions never seem to get created in the order I specify. Is there a way to make this happen correctly? Why are my partitions being reordered? Also, it is this problem that's been forcing me to attempt to partition manually in %pre, and that seems to be causing problems for anaconda as well - specifically the creation of /dev/md0 seems to totally break the installation. Anaconda crashes with "cannot open 'md0' - no such device or address" even though /proc/mdstat shows the correct info. So any help or pointers anyone could give me on either issue would be very much appreciated... Thanks! Mart

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AW: Customize Anaconda/Kickstart
by Kohlmeier, Markus 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Nice info, thank you. Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Murali Potla [mailto:pmurali@linux.net] Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 16:00 An: Kohlmeier, Markus; anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com; Murali Potla Betreff: Re: Customize Anaconda/Kickstart Don't use autostep or interactive. Just plain kickstart install. I had success with my ks.cfg which will ask for the keyboard, Languages support, root password, timezone. I have not experimented with packages though. Here is my ks #System language #lang en_US #Language modules to install #langsupport --default=en_US #System keyboard #keyboard us #System mouse mouse generic3ps/2 #Sytem timezone #timezone Asia/Calcutta #Root password #rootpw --iscrypted $1$4JcgmTyt$AG7rtgInmdsn1diOhBusa0 #Reboot after installation reboot #Use text mode install text #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade install #Use NFS installation Media nfs --server=10.0.0.1 --dir=/linux/rh #System bootloader configuration bootloader --location=mbr #Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes #Partition clearing information clearpart --all #Disk partitioning information part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 300 --asprimary part /home --fstype ext3 --size 1000 --grow --maxsize 10000 part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size 500 --grow --maxsize 2000 part swap --recommended part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow #System authorization infomation auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #Network Information #network --static #Firewall configuration firewall --disabled #Do not configure XWindows skipx #Package install information %packages --resolvedeps @ Web Server --- "Kohlmeier, Markus" <markus.kohlmeier(a)dts.de> wrote: Ok, i try this with the autostep option. I have no definition for the installation packages, but the autostep doesnt stop at this point (i think the minimal package is selected as default). Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Murali Potla [mailto:pmurali@linux.net] Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 14:34 An: Kohlmeier, Markus; anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com Betreff: Re: Customize Anaconda/Kickstart Do not put the entries for the options which you want to be chosen during the installation .. First create a kickstart file manually or using the tool and then comment out the lines for which you want to given an option for the user .. in your case rootpw and %packages lines in ks.cfg file. --- "Kohlmeier, Markus" <markus.kohlmeier(a)dts.de> wrote: Hello together, I use kickstart to install Fedora Linux systems. Now i need the option that the user can choose few options during installation. I need this options: -root password -package selection The question is, can i modify anaconda to hit my goals ??? Thanks, Markus _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/ _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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Re: Customize Anaconda/Kickstart
by Murali Potla 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Don't use autostep or interactive. Just plain kickstart install. I had success with my ks.cfg which will ask for the keyboard, Languages support, root password, timezone. I have not experimented with packages though. Here is my ks #System language #lang en_US #Language modules to install #langsupport --default=en_US #System keyboard #keyboard us #System mouse mouse generic3ps/2 #Sytem timezone #timezone Asia/Calcutta #Root password #rootpw --iscrypted $1$4JcgmTyt$AG7rtgInmdsn1diOhBusa0 #Reboot after installation reboot #Use text mode install text #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade install #Use NFS installation Media nfs --server=10.0.0.1 --dir=/linux/rh #System bootloader configuration bootloader --location=mbr #Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes #Partition clearing information clearpart --all #Disk partitioning information part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 300 --asprimary part /home --fstype ext3 --size 1000 --grow --maxsize 10000 part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size 500 --grow --maxsize 2000 part swap --recommended part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow #System authorization infomation auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #Network Information #network --static #Firewall configuration firewall --disabled #Do not configure XWindows skipx #Package install information %packages --resolvedeps @ Web Server --- "Kohlmeier, Markus" <markus.kohlmeier(a)dts.de> wrote: Ok, i try this with the autostep option. I have no definition for the installation packages, but the autostep doesnt stop at this point (i think the minimal package is selected as default). Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Murali Potla [mailto:pmurali@linux.net] Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 14:34 An: Kohlmeier, Markus; anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com Betreff: Re: Customize Anaconda/Kickstart Do not put the entries for the options which you want to be chosen during the installation .. First create a kickstart file manually or using the tool and then comment out the lines for which you want to given an option for the user .. in your case rootpw and %packages lines in ks.cfg file. --- "Kohlmeier, Markus" <markus.kohlmeier(a)dts.de> wrote: Hello together, I use kickstart to install Fedora Linux systems. Now i need the option that the user can choose few options during installation. I need this options: -root password -package selection The question is, can i modify anaconda to hit my goals ??? Thanks, Markus _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/ _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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