error during installation using kickstart file

[shantanu choudhary]

hello all,
i am using this kick-start file to automate installation problem,
everything goes fine until i enable interactive option, because after that
it start giving error related to: time configuration /Asia/Calcutta. and
installation stops,
i have no problem installing system in text mode, but still if this is
some bug or any other change is required to make it work, do let me know.

this spin/configuration is for installing fedora having some set of
packages and support to various Indian languages....

#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
#version=F8
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$dzGlKjKs$HgW6XYbAUcg6KC144tVJu0
# System authorization information
auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=md5
# Use graphical install
text
# Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
firstboot --disable
# Use interactive kickstart installation method
text
# System keyboard
keyboard us
# System language
lang en_US
# SELinux configuration
selinux --enforcing
# Install OS instead of upgrade
install
# Use CDROM installation media
cdrom

# System timezone
timezone Asia/Calcutta
# X Window System configuration information
xconfig  --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --startxonboot
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --none

%packages
@office
@mysql
@admin-tools
@editors
@punjabi-support
@hindi-support
@fonts
@gujarati-support
@gnome-desktop
@authoring-and-publishing
@base
@kannada-support
@malayalam-support
@telugu-support
@tamil-support
@base-x
@graphics
@dial-up
@oriya-support
@assamese-support
@bengali-support
@legacy-fonts
@sound-and-video
@marathi-support
@graphical-internet
im-chooser
scim-input-pad
-gimp-help
-evolution
-evolution-help

%end

also i would like to know if this configuration, and spin i created is
useful to some-one let me know where i can post it or upload it so that
others can use it.
One more thing i wanted to ask was what is difference between normal
bootable full DVD, and a DVD containing a kick start file, i mean if we
simply add kickstart file to bootable fedora DVD, installation wont start
via kick start file, so what is way to add kick-start configuration in
boot-menu apart from using revisor to create spin having all the packages.

thank you

regards
shantanu

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[Kushal Das]

On Wednesday 06 August 2008 06:23:50 pm [e-mail] wrote:
> hello all,
> i am using this kick-start file to automate installation problem,
> everything goes fine until i enable interactive option, because after that
> it start giving error related to: time configuration /Asia/Calcutta. and
> installation stops,

It should be
timezone Asia/Kolkata

Kushal

[Rahul Sundaram]

[e-mail] wrote:
> hello all,
> i am using this kick-start file to automate installation problem,
> everything goes fine until i enable interactive option, because after that
> it start giving error related to: time configuration /Asia/Calcutta. and
> installation stops,

Asia/Kolkatta in recent releases. If the error is not clear, feel free 
to file a bug report.
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$dzGlKjKs$HgW6XYbAUcg6KC144tVJu0

Might want to change this password now.
> also i would like to know if this configuration, and spin i created is
> useful to some-one let me know where i can post it or upload it so that
> others can use it.

If you get a Fedora account, you can post it in the wiki.

http://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts for details.
> One more thing i wanted to ask was what is difference between normal
> bootable full DVD, and a DVD containing a kick start file, i mean if we
> simply add kickstart file to bootable fedora DVD, installation wont start
> via kick start file, so what is way to add kick-start configuration in
> boot-menu apart from using revisor to create spin having all the packages.

You probably need some sort of %post magic. You can also use tools like 
pungi and livecd-creator instead of revisor.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins

Rahul

[sankarshan]

[e-mail] wrote:

so what is way to add kick-start configuration in
> boot-menu apart from using revisor to create spin having all the packages.

Unpack the initird.img, shoe-horn in your kickstart, put the appropriate 
option entries and you have your custom kickstart rolled in and ready to 
install. For example, if passing 'sarai' from the boot menu would 
require to use your kickstart, that is feasible.