[fedora-arm] Cubieboard2 kickstart (finally PXE) installation

Mon Mar 9 21:27:32 UTC 2015

Paul,
Thank you very much.
Regards
Tomasz

2015-03-09 14:43 GMT+01:00 Paul Whalen <pwhalen at redhat.com>:

>
> Hi Tomasz,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Sorry for improper responding behavior.
> > Thank you for support and hints.
> > I would appreciate, if you helped me to get/build right kernels.
>
>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Server/armhfp/os/images/pxeboot/
>
> In your kickstart you will also need a section in %post to write the
> 'fdtdir' to the
> extlinux.conf.
>
> Paul
>
> > Where can get them from?
> > TUR
> >
> > 2015-03-09 1:21 GMT+01:00 Dennis Gilmore < dennis at ausil.us > :
> >
> >
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> > On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:51:40 +0100
> > Tomasz Urbański < utom.pl at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, I did. You can see it in my description.
> > > In fact, I have new-line before subsequent arguments, ie. fdtdir,
> > > initrd and finally inst.ks.
> >
> > Please do not respond privately to emails from lists and you did not
> >
> > you should have an append line like
> >
> > append inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg
> >
> > so the whole config should look like
> >
> > label Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-21-5 (3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl)
> > kernel /vmlinuz-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl
> > append inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg
> > fdtdir /dtb-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl/
> > initrd /initramfs-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl.img
> >
> > though judging by the names of the kernel and initramfs you are using
> > one from a disk image and not the installer ones in which case you
> > still will not get a working setup
> >
> > you will need to use the installers kernel and initrd to get a install
> > working
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > > TUR
> > > 8 mar 2015 21:19 "Dennis Gilmore" < dennis at ausil.us > napisał(a):
> > >
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> > > > On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 19:00:41 +0100
> > > > Tomasz Urbański < utom.pl at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Let me ask some question:
> > > > > 1) What is the relationship between u-boot, syslinux/extlinux,
> > > > > grub in installation process of F21 on ARM boxes? (I see elements
> > > > > of all this environments on the installation image.)
> > > > > 2) Does the u-boot bootloader recognizes full set of extlinux.conf
> > > > > options? 3) How to build extlinux.conf & ks.cfg to perform fully
> > > > > automatic installation on Cubieboard2?
> > > > >
> > > > > Background:
> > > > > My goal is to configure some Cubieboard2 (Allwinner A20 SoC)
> > > > > boxes to perform fully automatic installation from PXE server
> > > > > (FOG). I've done my best to get familiar with contents of:
> > > > > 1) Fedora ARM Installation Procedure
> > > > > < http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F21/Installation
> >
> > > > > 2) u-boot & syslinux change in F21
> > > > > < http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/u-boot_syslinux >
> > > > > 3) linux-sunxi Mainline U-boot
> > > > > < http://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_U-boot > 4) Vanilla U-Boot
> > > > > < http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot > 5) ExtLinux
> > > > > < http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/EXTLINUX > 6) Recent post
> > > > > #1
> > > > > <
> > > > >
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2014-December/008787.html
> > > > >
> > > > > 7) Recent post #2
> > > > > <
> > > > >
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2015-January/008880.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > and now .... I have a mess in my head. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > I have divided the "project" into few stages.
> > > > >
> > > > > At the current stage, I try to build a local automatic
> > > > > installation. (Local only, ie. from miniSD, without potential
> > > > > network difficulties.) So, I try to construct
> > > > > extlinux.conf/grub.conf and anaconda kickstart file that will be
> > > > > able to perform fully automatic installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is my extlinux.conf file:
> > > > >
> > > > > ui menu.c32
> > > > > menu autoboot Welcome to Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-21-5. Automatic
> > > > > boot in # second{,s}. Press a key for options.
> > > > > menu title Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-21-5 Boot Options.
> > > > > menu hidden
> > > > > timeout 20
> > > > > totaltimeout 600
> > > > >
> > > > > label Fedora-Minimal-armhfp-21-5 (3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl)
> > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl
> > > > > append ro root=UUID=e098e36f-f409-44cb-9d8e-9d5c0e2ed9c9
> > > > > fdtdir /dtb-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl/
> > > > > initrd /initramfs-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl.img
> > > > > inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg
> > > > > label Just to show the extlinux.conf is read
> > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl
> > > > > append ro root=UUID=e098e36f-f409-44cb-9d8e-9d5c0e2ed9c9
> > > > > fdtdir /dtb-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl/
> > > > > initrd /initramfs-3.17.4-301.fc21.armv7hl.img
> > > > >
> > > > > First, I see that extlinux.conf file is (at least partially)
> > > > > processed, as the additional label is reflected in options
> > > > > proposed during installation process. But it seems that the option
> > > > > inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg is ignored.
> > > >
> > > > you have to put "inst.ks=hd:sdb1:/ks.cfg" on the append line.
> > > > append is the boot arguments passed on the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Dennis
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