[Spacewalk-list] Kickstarting KVM Image

[Gerd Mueller]

:) I used netinstall for the distro-tree. That was wrong

Gerd

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Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 09:23 +0000 schrieb James Hogarth:
> Hmm that's odd... I always use a netinstall CD for my kickstarts...
> 
> I use a custom isolinux.cfg file to have labels predetermined for a
> variety of configurations.... DB, base, web slave, varnish proxy etc
> depending on the role the system is to have... The kickstarts differ
> by activation key used (for different packages/channels and
> configuration channels) and network configurations...
> 
> To save space on my ESX farms I use a netinstall cd to kickstart them
> (dont' have access to dhcp in my environment for PXE) since the ~5-9MB
> netinstall for teh purpose of kickstart is much better than the space
> for the CD/DVD....
> 
> One thing that does ring a bell given you say the CentOS first CD
> works for this is...
> 
> I have seen similar behaviour when attempting to use, say, a 5.0 RHEL
> CD to kickstart from a 5.1 repo mirror... and vice versa. If memory
> serves anaconda doesn't like booting from kernel 'A' and then finding
> kernel 'B' in the kickstart distro tree....
> 
> What base (5.x) version was the netinstall iso you were trying to use?
> I see you have a 5.4 tree....
> 
> If you need help building a custom iso for kickstart purposes let me
> know and I'll share my build scripts and isolinux behaviour.
> 
> James
> 
> 2009/12/11 James Hogarth <james.hogarth at gmail.com>
>         You wont' see anything in your browser at the path there as it
>         appears spacewalk only delivers content requested and not
>         everything in the 'virtual' directory......
>         
>         How far do you get with the KS installation? Package install,
>         partitioning, no KS file found, etc?
>         
>         2009/12/11 Gerd Mueller <gerd.mueller at mikatiming.de>
>                 
>                 Hi,
>                 
>                 I cannot get the kickstart installation do work. After
>                 configuring I
>                 find following parameter in my kickstart file:
>                 
>                 url --url
>                 http://spacewalk..../ks/dist/Centos-5.4-x86_64
>                 
>                 If I open this path with a standardbrowser I don't
>                 find anything
>                 underneath this path. If I change the manually
>                 parameter to
>                 
>                 url --url
>                 http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/os/x86_64
>                 
>                 the kickstart installation runs but doesnot finish
>                 successfully.
>                 
>                 I am sure I am missing something her. But what?
>                 
>                 Any help would be appreciated
>                 
>                 Thank you
>                 
>                 Gerd
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>                 Gerd Mueller
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>                 Mika Timing GmbH
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>                 51465 Bergisch Gladbach
>                 
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