F10 preview kickstart failure + other issues list

[Peter Glassenbury (CSSE)]

Hi all,
First post to this list so go easy on me if I haven't followed protocol.

I have a kickstart server to serve out F10 preview(to test it on a
variety of hardware). I use a network pxe/tftp install
and can install OK. (formats disk, installs packages etc.) Doesn't run properly.

#1 minor issue..
    docs said I didn't need to expand the .iso into a tree (I have
    had to in the past) I can use
    method=nfsiso:server:/path/Fedora-10-Preview-i386-DVD.iso
    Couldn't get this to work at all. If it is supposed to work
    then the documentation needs clarification as to how.
    I reverted back to last versions
    "expand everything out to a directory tree"

#2 major issue
When it does the first boot off the local disk, it hangs
at nfslock with "NFS statd" on the screen. Don't know why or how to
fix it..Any pointers for things I should check

#3 another issue
I can get past the hang(interactive boot) but can't finish the
install because my server disks are not available. I note the one liner...
"8.2.3. Autofs  - Autofs is no longer installed by default.....
    .... choose it from the System Tools group"
What replaces it so I can finish the install??
autofs is NOT in the @system-tools group. I added that group to the
kickstart install file but it didn't install (and a package doesn't
seem to be in the Packages directory.)
my kickstart file is listed below and does do some copying from servers
with hard readonly mounts..

#4 possible I have the wrong arch?... notice on the list someone
    suggested 64 bit for HP workstations
    Fedora 10 preview i386 (this is the architecture we used on these
    machines last year with F8... should we be using x86_64 ??)

Hardware trialling on.
HP DC7700 - Intel Core2 6400 at 2.13GHz
   scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG HD160JJ/ ZM10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.3-k6

Intel DQ965GFERKR UATX motherboard -- E6420 CPU --uses the following
           e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
           scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD1600JS-60M 10.0 PQ:


Kickstart config file
=====================
install
lang en_NZ.UTF-8
keyboard us
network --device=eth0 --bootproto=dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted BlahBlah
firewall --disabled
auth  --useshadow  --enableldap --enableldapauth --ldapserver IP.numbers.here --ldapbasedn 
o=nismaps,dc=cosc,dc=canterbury,dc=ac,dc=nz
selinux --disabled
timezone Pacific/Auckland
bootloader --md5pass=BlahBlah --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="noipv6"
reboot
text
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
part / --fstype ext3 --size=700 --grow
part swap --size=2048


%pre
%end

%packages
whole lot of groups here because I can't find ANYWHERE
a way of doing  @everything or @all
%end

%post --nochroot --erroronfail --log=/root/ks_post_log --interpreter /bin/sh
mkdir -p /mnt/f10-i386
mount -r -o nolock IP_server_num:/export/netfs/kickstart/f10-i386/CSSE_post /mnt/f10-i386
SOURCE=/mnt/f10-i386
LOCATION=/mnt/sysimage
cd $SOURCE/control

cp ./auto.master $LOCATION/etc/auto.master
mkdir -p $LOCATION/var/tmp
rm -rf $LOCATION/tmp
ln -sf /var/tmp $LOCATION/tmp

mkdir -p $LOCATION/local
chmod 1777 $LOCATION/local

cp -f ./nsswitch.conf $LOCATION/etc/nsswitch.conf

cp -f ./S98kickstart.F10 $LOCATION/etc/rc3.d/
chmod a+x $LOCATION/etc/rc3.d/S98kickstart.F10
%end


Cheers
Pete

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Peter Glassenbury			Computer Science department
pete at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz		University of Canterbury
+64 3 3642987 ext 7762			New Zealand