[CentOS] PXE boot, Kickstart NFS install and %include...

Will McDonald wmcdonald at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 16:01:43 UTC 2006


On 23/03/06, saveline at alinto.net <saveline at alinto.net> wrote:
>
> Hi, I am trying to install a box by using your trick (nfs mount + %include)
> Here is my problem : Anaconda says that he can't find my files on /mnt/ks
> But I think my export should be good because I can mount it on another
> machine. In addition, during the end of anaconda he tells me that he has
> unmounted /mnt/ks and I can see request mount in my /var/log/messages
> server.
> You can see my kickstart file :
>
> install
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8
> keyboard fr
> mouse genericwheelps/2 --device psaux
> skipx
> network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 85.5.11.144 --netmask
> 255.255.255.0
> network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp
> nfs --server my.machine.int --dir /var/kickstart/centos/4.1/i386/os
> firewall --disabled
> timezone --utc Europe/Paris
> bootloader --location=mbr
> zerombr yes
> reboot
>
> %include /mnt/ks/partition
> %include /mnt/ks/package
>
> %pre
> mkdir /mnt/ks
> mount my.machine.int:/var/kickstarttest /mnt/ks

That looks pretty much like what I have working. When you're mounting
my.machine.int, are you using an IP address or is that the hostname?
I'd try using the IP in case you don't have name services available.

You can keep an eye on what KickStart is doing by by switching virtual
consoles as usual:

Alt-F1 - installation dialog
Alt-F2 - shell prompt
Alt-F3 - install log (messages from install program)
Alt-F4 - system log (messages from kernel, etc.)
Alt-F5 - other messages
Alt-F3 is especially useful when dealing with errors in your Kickstart
configuration files.

Here's the config I currently have....

# Kickstart to build default CentOS system
#
# $Id: centos4-install-ks.cfg,v 1.5 2006/03/21 14:57:18 root Exp $
#

# Setup kickstart defaults (keyboard, NFS server etc.)
# %include /mnt/ks/kickstart/include/kickstart.cfg
# standard Kickstart defaults for keyboard, languange, NFS server etc. etc.

nfs --server=192.168.24.218 --dir=/opt/centos/4/os/i386
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_GB.UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
keyboard uk
reboot
text
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $1$wUjJ2O2O$xhfsduRpIbo2h7TVtT6Wo1
firewall --disabled
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
timezone --utc Europe/London
bootloader --location=mbr

# Setup partitions
%include /mnt/ks/kickstart/include/disk.cfg

# Package list to install
%include /mnt/ks/kickstart/include/packages.cfg

%pre
mkdir /mnt/ks
mount 192.168.24.218:/opt/ /mnt/ks

%post
# Setup CentOS Yum repository
%include /mnt/ks/kickstart/include/centos4-yum.cfg
[lots of other stuff after here]



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