CentOS - Apr 2006 - kickstart

Hello,

I've been trying to kickstart a install centos from a USB memory stick.
Everything with that is working fine, but I seem to be having a problem with
the ks.cfg file.

When I boot the install media from the usb drive, the the boot prompt I type

linux ks=hd:/dev/uba1/ks.cfg

Then I peek at the logs and it even says

* getting kickstart file
* getting kickstart file from harddrive
* Loading ks from device on path dev/uba1/ks.cfg
* getFileFromBlockDevice(, dev/uba1/ks.cfg)

But when the install script starts, it still ask me for install media
location. Here's a copy of my ks.cfg too.. Permissions of the file on
/dev/uba1 are 744.

Thanks


##
## sample config file for testing Kickstart
## for OnLAMP.com article
##
## NOTE: Likely, you'll have to change several values
## here to match your hardware.
##
##

## - - install type/source - - - - - - - - - - -
install
url --url
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/base

## - - debugging - - - - - - - - - -
## :: uncomment the following to debug a Kickstart config file
## interactive

## - - language and input support - - - - - - - -
## :: language used during install
lang en_US.UTF-8

## :: mouse used during install
mouse generic3ps/2

## :: runtime language and keyboard support
langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us

## - - video card and monitor - - - - - - - - - -

xconfig --card "VMWare" --videoram 16384 --hsync 31.5-37.9 --vsync
50-70
--resolution 800x600 --depth 16


## - - network configuration - - - - - - - - - -
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp


## - - security and authentication - - - - - - -

rootpw ***********

firewall --disabled

authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5

## - - time zone - - - - - - - - - -
timezone America/Chicago

## - - boot loader- - - - - - - - - -
bootloader --location=mbr

## - - disk setup - - - - - - - - - -

## :: remove old partitions

clearpart --all --initlabel

## :: choose between hard partitioning and LVM,
## :: then uncomment the proper set of lines

## :: hard partitioning
# part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda
# part / --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --grow --ondisk=sda
# part swap --size=128 --grow --size=256 --ondisk=sda

## :: LVM
# part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --asprimary --ondisk=sda
# part pv.00 --size=1 --grow --asprimary --ondisk=sda
#
# volgroup vgroot pv.00
# logvol / --name=root.fs --vgname=vgroot --size=1024
# logvol swap --name=swap.vol --vgname=vgroot --size=256


## - - package selection - - - - - - - - - -
## :: reboot the machine when done
## :: (it's up to you to remove the boot media)

reboot

## - - package selection - - - - - - - - - -
## :: this is a barebones install, just for testing Kickstart
%packages
@ dialup
kernel
grub
e2fsprogs

## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Kevin Blackwell wrote:
> I've been trying to kickstart a install centos from a USB memory stick.
> Everything with that is working fine, but I seem to be having a problem
with
> the ks.cfg file.
> install
> url --url
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/base
(cough) --- installing by kickstart across the public internet 
is a bit haphazard, as the retry mechanisms in the installer 
have to succeed every time; From the standpoint of installing 
Centos, perhaps the URL in question has not yet had its mirror 
catch up to Centos' stability ;)

- Russ Herrold

Kevin Blackwell wrote:
>
> url --url 
>
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/base
>
I've not used the url option, but I would think that should be:

url --url 
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/fedora/4/i386/os/ 
<ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/base>

-Steve