Manjunath A Kumatagi
2016-Aug-08 09:33 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS automatic installation fails with “Installation Destination” error
Hi, I'm trying to install the centos netboot install on ppc64le platform but automation installation(kickstart) fails with the following error: Starting installer, one moment... find_file: stat /proc/device-tree/chosen/bootpath, No such file or directory anaconda 21.48.22.56-1 for CentOS AltArch 7 started. * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation * shell is available on TTY2 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments Starting automated install.......... Generating updated storage configuration storage configuration failed: failed to find a suitable stage1 device =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Installation 1) [x] Language settings 2) [x] Timezone settings (English (United States)) (UTC timezone) 3) [x] Installation source 4) [x] Software selection (http://mirror.centos.org/altar (Custom software selected) ch/7/os/ppc64le/) 6) [x] Kdump 5) [!] Installation Destination (Kdump is enabled)b | Help: F1 (Error checking storage configu ration) 7) [x] Network configuration (Wired (enp0s1) connected) ** (anaconda:1253): WARNING **: Could not open X display The installation was stopped due to incomplete spokes detected while running in non-interactive cmdline mode. Since there cannot be any questions in cmdline mode, edit your kickstart file and retry installation. The exact error message is: The following mandatory spokes are not completed: Installation Destination. The installer will now terminate. [root at llmtul01b qemu]# And kickstart file looks like: url --url="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ppc64le/" install keyboard us rootpw --lock --iscrypted locked timezone --isUtc --nontp UTC selinux --enforcing firewall --disabled network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate --onboot=on reboot bootloader --disable lang en_US # Repositories to use repo --name="CentOS" --baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ppc64le/ --cost=100 ## Uncomment for rolling builds repo --name="Updates" --baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/updates/ppc64le/ --cost=100 # Disk setup zerombr clearpart --all --initlabel part / --fstype ext4 --size=3000 Looking for the option to select the installation destination through kickstart file. Thanks, Manjunath.
Gordon Messmer
2016-Aug-08 16:05 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS automatic installation fails with “Installation Destination” error
On 08/08/2016 02:33 AM, Manjunath A Kumatagi wrote:> # Disk setup > zerombr > clearpart --all --initlabel > part / --fstype ext4 --size=3000I think you need an additional partition: part prepboot --fstype "PPC PReP Boot" --size=10