Kadischi & DVD repo media

[J. Hartline]

Hi.
The issue regarding using Kadischi with DVD repository media has been 
resolved.
For users under FC5t2 or t3 and Anaconda 10.92.0-1 this has been resolved.

For users under Fedora Core 4, I will attach a patch, if you wish to use 
DVD repo media
with Kadischi under Fedora Core 4, please apply liberally.
I doubt this patch will make it within the CVS, as Andy Burns has 
stated, the CVS as it is will be where
we draw the "line in the sand".
Work should be focused on FC5(tx) final for usability, and this was one 
of my major concerns.
Application for Fedora Core 4 users would be similar to the following:
patch -b /usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py 
/path/to/patch/kadischi-anaconda-fc4-nodvd.patch
against anaconda-10.2.1.5-2 (FC4).

Thanks.
J. Hartline

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

On 2/13/06, J. Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net&gt; wrote:
>  Hi.
>  The issue regarding using Kadischi with DVD repository media has been
>  resolved.
>  For users under FC5t2 or t3 and Anaconda 10.92.0-1 this has been resolved. 
hmm I dont think It has because with
busybox-anaconda-1.01-2.2.1
anaconda-runtime-10.92.4-1
anaconda-10.92.4-1
i got these

[root@goorah ~]# kadischi cdrom:// /tmp/fedoraDVD.iso
Starting kadischi...
Parsing command line arguments
Checking UID
Using buildstamp file /etc/kadischi/buildstamp.
Product path set to Fedora.
Now we are going to try to validate your repository (for now, only
http, ftp and local repositories can be checked)
Repository seems to be OK.
Checking required packages
Looking for config file
Loadnig config file options
Path /tmp/product/.buildstamp already exists, temporarly moving to
/tmp/livecd-build_no78/.buildstamp

  ***  running anaconda  ***

Probing for video card:   nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX Go5100]
Probing for monitor type:   Unknown monitor
Starting graphical installation...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 1085, in ?
    methodobj = CdromInstallMethod(method, rootPath, intf)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 358, in __init__
    (self.device, tree) = string.split(url, ":", 1)
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

  ***  Fatal error: anaconda returned non zero (256) exit code.
Aborting execution.

Cleaning up temporary files...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/kadischi.py", line 224, in ?
    run ("anaconda %s --rootpath=%s --method=%s" % (anaconda_args,
sysdir, method), builddir)
  File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/lib/functions.py", line 115, in run
    cleanup (builddir)
  File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/lib/functions.py", line 104, in cleanup
    shutil.move (normalize_path([builddir,'.buildstamp']),
'/tmp/product/.buildstamp')
NameError: global name 'shutil' is not defined

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[Jeremy Katz]

On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 13:17 +0100, Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
>  On 2/13/06, J. Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net&gt; wrote:
>  > Hi.
>  > The issue regarding using Kadischi with DVD repository media has been
>  > resolved.
>  > For users under FC5t2 or t3 and Anaconda 10.92.0-1 this has been resolved.
>  
>  hmm I dont think It has because with
>  busybox-anaconda-1.01-2.2.1
>  anaconda-runtime-10.92.4-1
>  anaconda-10.92.4-1
>  i got these
>  
>  [root@goorah ~]# kadischi cdrom:// /tmp/fedoraDVD.iso 
The intent is that you do nfs:///tmp/fedoraDVD.iso.  Note that your
syntax is completely wrong for cdrom anyway -- it's
cdrom://device:/path/to/mount/things

>  Cleaning up temporary files...
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/kadischi.py", line 224, in ?
>      run ("anaconda %s --rootpath=%s --method=%s" % (anaconda_args,
>  sysdir, method), builddir)
>    File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/lib/functions.py", line 115, in run
>      cleanup (builddir)
>    File "/usr/local/share/kadischi/lib/functions.py", line 104, in cleanup
>      shutil.move (normalize_path([builddir,'.buildstamp']),
>  '/tmp/product/.buildstamp')
>  NameError: global name 'shutil' is not defined 
Something isn't importing shutil properly in kadischi

Jeremy

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

>  The intent is that you do nfs:///tmp/fedoraDVD.iso.  Note that your
>  syntax is completely wrong for cdrom anyway -- it's
>  cdrom://device:/path/to/mount/things
>  
#kadischi cdrom://device:/dev/cdrom nfs:///tmp/fedoraDVD.iso
I can get the graphical interface but after feeding anaconda with the
root password, It spits this to me:

Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata
directory.  Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly
generated.  failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No
more mirrors to try.

is this related to createrepo that Jasper pointed in Kadischi/Development?

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[J. Hartline]

Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:

> >#kadischi cdrom://device:/dev/cdrom nfs:///tmp/fedoraDVD.iso
> >    
> > 
You don't need to use cdrom:// or cdrom://hdd:// etc, locally mounted 
optical media is usable, just mount your media
and use it's path. e.g. /media/dvdrecorder or /media/cdrom or similar.

This is a better method than cdrom:// or any other combination of using 
a URL, as
Jeremy stated Kadischi already proposes the method to Anaconda the way 
it is needed.
e.g. nfs://media/cdrom

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

do you mean kadischi nfs:///media/cdrom /tmp/fedoraDVD.iso ?

Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata
directory.  Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly
generated.  failure: repodata/repomd.xml from anaconda: [Errno 256] No
more mirrors to try.
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[J. Hartline]

Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:

> do you mean kadischi nfs:///media/cdrom /tmp/fedoraDVD.iso ?
>   
>  
No, just e.g. kadischi /media/cdrom /tmp/fedoraDVD.iso

J. Hartline

[J. Hartline]

> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 13:17 +0100, Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
>   
>
> >hmm I dont think It has because with
> >    
> > 
Your repodata error is due to a bad URL, device is to be replaced with 
the device node, e.g. cdrom://hdd://
however, this isn't neccessary now. All you need to do is use 
/path/to/dvdrom

I'll run this down really quick, without diving into the codebase and 
posting it, as users can check it out of CVS if they wish.
Kadischi does simple checks to make sure your repository path exists, 
along with it's required directories, which
are Fedora/{base,RPMS}, and makes certain your destination file is ok.
Kadischi will spawn Anaconda passing the method, and rootpath along with 
any other options you give
which soon should be passed along to Anaconda(This is in the TODO in 
Kadischi/Schedule).
If the method isn't an FTP or HTTP repository source, it formats it 
nicely for Anaconda as nfs://path/to/repo

Optical and local media, HTTP, and FTP repositories can be used. This 
pretty much covers alot of standard methods for repository source.

Anaconda of course does it's required checks and takes the neccessary 
steps to complete the installation.
Kadischi then does the required steps to make an ISO.
That is the basis of Kadischi's operation.

Kadischi is essentially going to become more integrated with Anaconda.
I don't think the presentation of patching and etc etc is neccessary 
either and I'll tell yuo why.
What is in CVS now, is absolutely subject to change.
Kadischi is going to have alot of work done to/with it to get it usable, 
as Jeremy stated, not needing to know anything
but how to do basic installation procedures. There isn't a need for 
presentations on patches.

What I think would benefit the project if a presentation is made, would 
be to present:
1) The running of Kadischi
2) The product of Kadischi

J. Hartline