Anaconda-devel April 2004

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Re: Kickstart and network configuration
by Murali Potla 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

I got it now. Thank You .. --- "Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx.taylor(a)intel.com> wrote: On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 01:24, Murali Potla wrote: > Hi .. > > I am using kickstart method to install Fedora Linux. Now i need the options that the user can choose few options during installation. I need these options: > > -Language Support > -root password > -Network settings > > As kickstart documentation says "Omitting any required item will result in the installation program prompting the user for an answer to the related item, just as the user would be prompted during a typical installation. Once the answer is given, the installation will continue unattended (unless it finds another missing item." > > It happens with Language support and Root password but not with network settings. > I need the network options to be prompted for the user while installation. Why this is not happening. > Do I need to change some code in anaconda for this ? There are two possibilities: 1. Use a network based installation. 2. Rebuild anaconda with a patch found here: http://rau.homedns.org/twiki/bin/view/Anaconda/PatchesForAnaconda Under Other Patches, click on kickstart-network-prompt.patch. Patch anaconda, rebuild the discs and reburn them (instructions for this are also included in this document). I don't think that I have to tell you which one is going to be easier (at least from my point of view) ;o) Forrest _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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invoking disk druid
by Stephen Mah 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

I see that there's a patch to make disk druid the default partitioner. Is there a way to invoke the disk druid program from a kickstart install? -steve

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Which .py or .c file in Anaconda installs the kernel -> Another query
by Karan Saberwal 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Hi Paul Does this mean that if I replace the kernel rpm and re-burn the CDs , then the new kernel will be installed on the machine ? e.g. -> I dump the 3 CDs od RH9.0 , replace the rpm of kernel 2.4.20-8 with 2.4.24 , re-create the CDs ? If so , then what steps are to be taken to build the RPM from the kernel source ? Karan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Pianta" <pantz(a)lqt.ca> Cc: "'Anaconda-Devel'" <anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:10 PM Subject: Re: Which .py or .c file in Anaconda installs the kernel > > > Second, how does Anaconda know what version of the kernel to install? > > For example, if I build a custom CD with kernel-2.4.24 (my custom > > kernel), but kernel-2.4.20 was the default in the RH CD and, how would > > Anaconda know to install kernel-2.4.24? Do I have to modify Anaconda, > > or does it automamagically know which kernel to look for? > > from my experience with custom cds - anaconda will install the kernel > that you supply on the cd. If you only supply one kernel-2.4.24 (your > custom kernel) rpm - thats what will be installed. If you supply several > different versions of the same kernel 2.4.22 (ie. smp, athlon, etc.) - > anaconda automagically installs the kernel suitable for the machine it > is installing on. > > hth > > pantz > > -- > Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list >

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Kickstart and network configuration
by Murali Potla 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Hi .. I am using kickstart method to install Fedora Linux. Now i need the options that the user can choose few options during installation. I need these options: -Language Support -root password -Network settings As kickstart documentation says "Omitting any required item will result in the installation program prompting the user for an answer to the related item, just as the user would be prompted during a typical installation. Once the answer is given, the installation will continue unattended (unless it finds another missing item." It happens with Language support and Root password but not with network settings. I need the network options to be prompted for the user while installation. Why this is not happening. Do I need to change some code in anaconda for this ? Regards Murali _____________________________________________________________ Linux.Net -->Open Source to everyone Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/

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Re: anaconda does not find root for upgrade
by Erik Red 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hi Forrest, I checked the iso images used to make my disks against the ones on the redhat website. They seem to match. >From my iso images: md5sum yarrow-i386-disc?.iso 76ef22495d186580e47efd8d7a65fe6b yarrow-i386-disc1.iso fd23fe32fafe7557f5d1fa1d31100580 yarrow-i386-disc2.iso 6a26b34069639d0c31465d4079a8e1b2 yarrow-i386-disc3.iso >From http://fedora.redhat.com/download: yarrow-i386-disc1.iso (md5sum: 76ef22495d186580e47efd8d7a65fe6b) yarrow-i386-disc2.iso (md5sum: fd23fe32fafe7557f5d1fa1d31100580) yarrow-i386-disc3.iso (md5sum: 6a26b34069639d0c31465d4079a8e1b2) >Where did you get this disc again? The FC1 discs that I downloaded from >Red Hat do not have this problem. I have done hundreds of upgrades >without having the problem that you describe. Perhaps whoever created >your disc forgot to put in the ext3 module in the initrd. If you go to >VT2 during the installation, can you mount your partitions? > >Forrest _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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running anaconda in a chroot
by Patrick Devine 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Anyone ever see this? [root@patrickd-lx anaconda]# ./anaconda -t -m nfs:/anaconda_iso Probing for video card: ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra Probing for monitor type: Unknown monitor Probing for mouse type: Skipped mouse probe. GThread-ERROR **: file gthread-posix.c: line 135 (): error 'No such process' during 'pthread_getschedparam (pthread_self(), &policy, &sched)' aborting... Segmentation fault Seems to happen when I'm importing the splashscreen inside of a chroot'd environment. /proc is mounted and DISPLAY set correctly (I can run /usr/bin/xsetroot). --Patrick.

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Re: anaconda does not find root for upgrade
by Erik Red 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

I will also try the manual mount from Virtual Terminal 2 bash shell tonight. This is my home pc, I can't get to it right now. _________________________________________________________________ Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp

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Multiple distro installation with 1 anaconda
by Eugene Tay 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hi all, I have a troubling problem here. I was hoping to create an anaconda installation that allows users to put in different distro of RHEL, FC or RHx CDs and perform the install. It's something like a universal Anaconda. I have no idea where Anaconda determines which package resides on which install disc number and when it reads the hdlist of the CD. Can this be done in the first place or is this just a "we have to rewrite Anaconda" problem? Cheers, Eugene

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pkgorder
by Matthew Miller 03 Apr '04

03 Apr '04

Hey, wow, that package order thing seems to actually mean something in Fedora Core. Since we do network installs and I don't care about swapping CDs, I had been neglecting to run it. Imagine my surprise when a Fedora Core Test2-based tree pretty much tried to go in alphabetical order, making a few little things like, oh, THE KERNEL not install at all. :) -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

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rebuild anaconda w/ newer kernel
by Stephen Mah 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Possible to rebuild the initrd with the latest kernel, so when you boot up the install CD... it's running the latest boot kernel? Also, will this improve hardware detection during installs? -steve

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