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Hi all, I am trying to automate the provisioning of a few VM, dom0 CentOS5 - domU CentOS4.5, the installation goes well but it completely ignores the %post bit in the kickstart: # Kickstart file for a generic VM install url --url http://server/mrepo/centos4-x86_64/disc1 cmdline skipx reboot # Partition information ..... # General system config bootloader --location=mbr keyboard uk lang

>> Dave wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. Yah i do have apache running, your idea >>> certainly would make things easier. How did you set up the http area? >>> And where in it do you put the kickstart? I'd like this area to be >>> accessible to my local network only, internet users shouldn't be able >>>

Hi Team, I have the kick start file where my root password is store like # Root password rootpw --iscrypted $1$1SItJOAg$UM9n7lRFK1/OCs./rgQtQ/ # System authorization information auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512 Is there any way to decry pt the password and get it as plain text. I know single user mode works but my case it in remote site. Thanks, Jegadeesh

hello there, I wonder if you could help me: I am trying to install 50 diskless servers using PXE / kickstart, it all starts well, DHCP server issues a dynamic address, tftp issues the kickstart file, the client starts reading the KS file but at some point anaconda brings up an unhandled exception related to Python when reading Comps.xml?? What is really unsettling is the fact that if I plug

So I took the anaconda cfg, commented out the partition/disk pieces and ran it off my repo server and it almost worked. Little things like not including things I had done on network setup. No first boot.... :) So now I am reading up on building a kickstart cfg http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-howuse.html

I responded to a post in the Dell poweredge mailing list earlier today. My answer was off the top of my head, with a bit of experimentation. The content may be useful in the Cenyos context as well to admin's looking to strip the size of an install to the bare bones. Comment welcomed. Can anyone see any packages which I have missed? -- Russ Herrold ---------- Forwarded message

update server autobuild to set up a new isolated vm environment and go through the server installer process and rails tests --- autobuild.sh | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ovirt-installer-test-answers | 21 +++++++++++++ ovirt-server-test.ks | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644

I've come up with the following kickstart config (see below) for deploying a minimal CentOS 6 VM. It takes about 460MB. I'm assuming that all of the -firmware RPMs aren't needed for a VM installation, so I removed them. Also removed as many selinux packages as possible since I don't need that. I was wondering whether anyone could offer any further suggestions on minimizing

Is it at all possible to do a graphical netinstall ? I am using centos 5.2, and i have been doing net installs (pxe) for a while in console mode... -- Test <test at remedial-teacher.nl>

Hi virt, im stumped... any help would be appreciated. I normally create my VMs like this: base="http://mirror.pnl.gov/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/os/" sudo virt-install --hvm --name $vm_name$i --ram 4000 \ --disk path=/VirtualMachines/$vm_name$i,size=30 \ --location $base -x "ks=http://xxx.os21.ks$kx" HOWEVER... I'm finding that my VMs dont boot after i

Dear Friends, I have centos 6.2 64 bit os in my dell server. When I try to install centos or scientific linux using NFS so it is not working and getting me error = "unable to download kickstart file". My kickstart file configuration is : #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T #version=DEVEL # Firewall configuration firewall --disabled # Install OS instead of upgrade install # Use NFS

Hi, all. I use this kickstart file to install CentOS 5.2 (both i386 and x86_64), but i can't config NICs and hostname during installation, what's wrong with it? Thanks very much. ----<- kickstart file ----<---- # System authorization information #auth --useshadow --enablemd5 # System keyboard #keyboard us # System language #lang en_US # Installation logging level #logging

I'm ill, i'm german ... the script is looks ok, copy from a slim installation of anaconda. Insert only the "pre part" and part /boot --onpart=/dev/sda1 part / --onpart=/dev/sda2 part swap --onpart=/dev/sda3 As i wrote: Jump over to another console and the partitions are there. Sincerely Andy Am Mittwoch, den 15.02.2017, 11:16 -0800 schrieb John R

Hi Giuseppe and thanks for the response............ Heres some more info: Here is my kickstart... maybe the "--bootloader" argument is wrong in some way? # Put this in pastebin or some other public url # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. #version=DEVEL install cdrom lang en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us network --onboot yes --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --noipv6 timezone

Hello Guys, after hours of uncessfull create example before i forward special parition tests. part ignoe --onpart But Installation hang out for parition the harddisk. jump to another console partitions are ok ? Which line/lines is/are missing? Andy #version=DEVEL # System authorization information auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 # Use CDROM installation media cdrom # Use graphical

I would like one of my kickstart scripts to prompt for disk and networking only. Commenting out the disk and network settings makes the installer prompt for disk settings but not for network settings, they default to DHCP. Any idea's how to fix this? Thanks Dean

Hi, all. I'm trying to customize a CentOS installation cd, but got trouble with kickstart. I want to use dialog[1] for command line based user interface, but it can't display correctly in kickstart with CentOS 5.5. Same ks file works with CentOS 5.3 (both i386 and x86_64). What's the different between CentOS 5.3/5.5? I can't find it in release notes. And how can i fix it? Thanks

Hi, I?m trying kickstart on CentOS Below is my ks.cfg *[root at localhost ~]# cat /root/ks.cfg* * * #Generated by Kickstart Configurator #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T #System language lang en_US #Language modules to install langsupport en_US #System keyboard keyboard us #System mouse mouse #Sytem timezone timezone Asia/Dili #Root password rootpw --iscrypted

Hi all, We are hitting an error in the centos 7 installation with our kickstart configuration. =============================================================================== An unknown error has occurred =============================================================================== anaconda 21.48.22.56-1 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File

Hi, just to avoid re-inventing the wheel, is there any document that can help me reduce even further a "minimum" installation of Centos 4.4 (BTW can you say 600mb is minimum)? I am in the process of creating a small Centos-4.4-based Asterisk box and I need to boot it from a CF card. Deleting useless packages will help me do what i want. Example: even a minimum install of Centos 4.4 (or