kickstart under Fedora Core 2 Test 3

[Martin Robb <MartinRobb ieee org>]

Mostly good news.  Kickstart (both ks=cdrom and ks=floppy) is working 
better for me under FC2t3 than it was under FC2t2!

Flaw 1: (major) though kickstart is still not quite working for me, I'm 
getting much farther than under t1 and t2 and I'm getting consistent 
behavior on several different platforms.  In t1 and t2 I was being asked 
to load additional drivers by kickstart even though an interactive 
install using the same CD sailed right through.  Under t3 I'm sailing 
right past that point and getting through most of the install.   
However, the install eventually dies with an "error installing 
at-3.1.8-52" dialog box.  This happens consistently on different 
architectures and with different install CDs.  The at rpm installs 
cleanly in an interactive install using the same install CDs.

Flaw 2: (minor) The automatically built /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file is 
close but not quite there.  It listed the following clearpart and part 
lines:
  #clearpart --linux
  #part / --fstype ext3 --onpart hda5
  #part swap --noformat --onpart hda6
  #part /sandbox --fstype ext3 --onpart hda7
Simply uncommenting these lines causes the install to fail with a 
"requested partition does not exist ... hda5" error.  However, using the 
lines:
  clearpart --all --initlabel
  part / --fstype ext3 --size 4096
  part /sandbox --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow
  part swap --size 1024
everything partitions cleanly.

As an aside, FC2t3 is installing cleanly (without kickstart) on the HP 
Proliant platform -- under t1 and t2 I was getting the dreaded "loading 
cciss drivers" hang.  With kickstart it is at least giving me consistent 
behavior with my other platforms.

Marty
MartinRobb ieee org