fedora 8 static ip not accepted

Thu Dec 27 15:00:16 UTC 2007

2007/12/21, Matteo Faleschini <matteo.faleschini at fisica.unimi.it>:
> I posted a possible solution to redhat bugzilla
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=392021
>
> Install the anaconda source rpm and prepare the sources
> with rpmbuild -bp <specfile> (in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC/)
> They are in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/anaconda.xxx
>
> Enter the directory loader2 and edit file loader.c as explained on bugzilla.
> Change directory to the anaconda root dir ( ../ ) and do make.
>
> Now you have to copy loader2/loader inside the initrd.img of the
> isolinux directory. It's a gzipped cpio archive
>
> To open it copy it to a tmp dir then
> mkdir initrd.dir
> cd initrd.dir
> zcat ../initrd.img | cpio -idv
>
> Copy inside bin/ the previously compiled loader then recreate the
> initrd.img.
> Inside initrd.dir do
> find . -print | cpio -o -c --quiet | gzip -c9 > ../initrd.img.new
>
> And finally copy the inird.img.new as initrd.img inside the isolinux/
> directory, the one you use for creating kickstart cd's.
>

Thanks, i will probe this solution, my solution was install a DHCP
server and create a network vlan for install :-(

( sorry for my bad english )

> Matteo Faleschini
>
> Edwind Richzendy Contreras Soto wrote:
> > My kickstart file is:
> >
> >
> > install
> > network --device eth0 --bootproto static --noipv6 --ip 192.168.X.XXX--netmask
> > 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.X.XXX --nameserver 192.168.X.XXX --hostname
> > pc1.XXXX.XXX.XX
> > url --url http://192.168.X.XX/linux/f8/releases/Everything/i386/os
> > keyboard la-latin1
> > lang es_ES.UTF-8
> > xconfig --startxonboot
> > auth --useshadow  --enablemd5  --enableldap --enableldapauth --ldapserver=
> > 192.168.X.XXX -ldapbasedn=ou=People,dc=XXXX,dc=XXX,dc=XX
> > rootpw  --iscrypted $1$NxRxxxxvxNxvxSd$fboxXxwZxxcLSGxAx68xuxyxsxyxEx6xBu5/
> > firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
> > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> > selinux --enforcing
> > timezone --utc America/Caracas
> > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="vga=791 rhgb quiet"
> > --md5pass=$1$/v6xxNxxgx05A$BxFxxYxbxsxOxaxbx7xkxEBxUixuxBxlxdxxx1h0
> > # The following is the partition information you requested
> > # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
> > # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
> > # not guaranteed to work
> > clearpart --all --drives=sda
> > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=200 --ondisk=sda
> > part pv.6 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda
> > volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.6
> > logvol /tmp --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol03 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=576
> > logvol /home --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol02 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=60000
> > logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=496
> > --grow --maxsize=992
> > logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=14496
> > repo --name=XXXXX-Livna  --baseurl=http://192.168.X.XX/linux/f8/livna/i386/
> > repo --name=XXXX-Update  --baseurl=http://192.168.X.XX/linux/f8/updates
> > #reboot after install
> > reboot --eject
> >
> > %post
> > echo "session required        pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022"
> >>> /etc/pam.d/gdm
> >
> > %packages
> > packages
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> >
> > i put a kickstart from http server and it's is my boot line:
> >
> > boot: linux ks=http://192.168.X.XX ip=192.168.x.xx netmask=255.255.255.0gateway=
> > 192.168.x.xx
> >
> > ip and gateway ips in boot line same equal to a ip and gateway ips to
> > network line in kickstart file.
> >
> > but my instalation is frozen in a infinite loop searching a DHCP server
> > after read and put kickstart file.
> >
> > What is wrong?
> >
> >
> > 2007/12/15, Edwind Richzendy Contreras Soto <richzendy at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>
> >> 2007/12/15, Matteo Faleschini <matteo.faleschini at fisica.unimi.it>:
> >>>
> >>> I'm having problems to use this option inside the kickstart file
> >>>
> >>> network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --gateway=192.168.1.254
> >>> --ip=192.168.1.1 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --onboot=on
> >>>
> >>> with a nfs or http installation.
> >>>
> >>> nfs --server ksbox.local.domain --dir /fedora/8.0/os
> >>>
> >>> In our departement we use a templating system that we wrote  since
> >>> redhat 9 to fedora 6 (and scientific linux 4, a redhat derived) without
> >>> problems.
> >>>
> >>> When I prepared the kickstart for the new fedora 8, I noticed that
> >>> anaconda (11.3.0.50) does not use the static ip information provided by
> >>> the kickstart and chooses a dhcp configuration.
> >>>
> >>> To verify that it is not an error of our kickstart creator, I prepared a
> >>> kickstart file on a fedora 8 machine with the system-config-kickstart
> >>> script. But I found the same problem.
> >>> I also switched the network and nfs lines but i found no difference.
> >>>
> >>> At first I thought about a new anaconda behaviour (nfs install uses only
> >>> dynamic configuration) but having a look at the source code of the
> >>> anaconda loader I have the impression that the network bootstrap follows
> >>> the same principles.
> >>>
> >>> I searched through the mailing list for keywords bootproto and 11.3.0.50
> >>> with no success. I also googled about but i did not find any hint. I
> >>> don't know if it's a known anaconda issue or a syntax error of my
> >>> kickstart.
> >>>
> >>> Matteo Faleschini
> >>
> >>
> >> i have a same problem, it's a bug in anaconda for fedora 8?
> >>
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