[CentOS] kickstart installation from usb key

Wed Feb 3 13:37:52 UTC 2010
Georghy <fusco at wanagain.net>

John Doe a écrit :
> From: Georghy <fusco at wanagain.net>
>   
>>>> harddrive --partition=sdb1 --dir=iso
>>>>   append initrd=initrd.img  ks=hd:sdb1:/ks/ks.cfg method=hd:sdb1:/iso
>>>>         
>> I am trying to create 2 diffrent partition like in the wiki
>> the first one fat32 10Mio
>> the second one ext2 the rest
>> on the fat32 partition i only have syslinux.cfg
>> on the ext2 partition the following tree :
>> ...
>>     
>
> I am confused...
> If you have indeed a second partition where you did put your iso, you should point to sdb2 and not sdb1...
> In my syslinux.cfg (which is on sda1):
>  append initrd=initrd.img ks=hd:sda2:/ks.cfg method=hd:sda2:/centos
> In my kickstart:
>   harddrive --partition=sda2 --dir=/centos
> So it boots on sda1, but the iso files and kickstart stuff are on sda2...
>   

You are right it is sdb2 not sdb1
>   
>> My CentOS iso file is : custom.iso
>> It is a custom CentOS distro that i have made and it worked perfectly on 
>> my Virtual Machine on virtual box
>>     
>
> Does the iso work or the usb key?  quite different...
> How does the installer know that the RPMs are in custom.iso...?
>   
the iso work on a VM, i don't know if it work on a USB key
>   
>> No such file or directory 'sdb1:vfat/iso'
>>     
>
> vfat/iso?
>
> JD
>   
Previously i used the iso dir for my custom.iso
>
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Now I'm trying a simple task
i only want to install package wich are in the first cd-rom of CentOS 
(not my custom.iso), the official iso but I just want the package in the 
first CD

after that I'll use a script which install the other packages I wanted 
instead of doing it during installation

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Cordialement,
Georghy FUSCO