Fedora 14 Kickstart Problems

Bernd Nies listuser at adnovum.ch
Mon Nov 8 13:09:54 UTC 2010


Hi,

Im trying to do automated installation with Fedora 14 kickstart and the configuration [2] shown at 
the end of this message. The installation never runs through. Anaconda still displays these screens 
and waits for user input:

   - Welcome
   - License Information
   - Create User
   - Date and Time
   - Hardware Profile

According to the Anaconda/Kickstart configuration guide [1] there is no further option I know of. 
Clicking through these screens for while setting up some hundred workstations is quite annoying.

Furthermore the password of the created admin user is empty in /etc/shadow although I give it as an 
option in the kickstart config file.

What am I missing? Or is there another better way to install some hundred Workstations with as 
little user untervention as possible. Currently we're using autoyast for setting up openSUSE 11.0 
installations.


Best regards,
Bernd Nies


[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart

[2] Kickstart config:

== CUT ==
install
nfs --server=installserver.example.com --dir=/export/Fedora-14-i386-DVD
logging --host=logserver.example.com --port=514 --level=debug
reboot --eject

ignoredisk --only-use sda
clearpart --all --initlabel
partition /boot --asprimary --fstype=ext4 --label BOOT --size=128
partition swap  --asprimary --fstype=swap --label SWAP --size=2048
partition /     --asprimary --fstype=ext4 --label ROOT --size=1 --grow
bootloader --location=mbr

lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us

network --bootproto=static --hostname=myhost --ip=192.168.12.48 --netmask=255.255.252.0 
--gateway=192.168.12.1 --nameserver=192.168.4.7,192.168.4.8
timezone --utc Europe/Zurich

firewall --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
rootpw --plaintext gaga11
user --name=admin --gecos=Administrator --homedir=/var/home/admin --shell=/bin/bash --password=changeme
selinux --disabled

graphical
xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --startxonboot

repo --name "Fedora 14 DVD" --baseurl=nfs://installserver.example.com://export/Fedora-14-i386-DVD 
--cost=0

%packages
@Administration Tools
@Base
@Books and Guides
@Buildsystem building group
@Core
@Critical Path (Base)
@Critical Path (GNOME)
@Development Libraries
@Development Tools
@Editors
@Educational Software
@Electronic Lab
@Engineering and Scientific
@Fedora Eclipse
@Fedora Packager
@Filesystems
@Font design and packaging
@Fonts
@GNOME Desktop Environment
@GNOME Software Development
@Games and Entertainment
@Graphical Internet
@Graphics
@Hardware Support
@Input Methods
@Java
@Java Development
@KDE Software Compilation
@KDE Software Development
@LXDE
@Office/Productivity
@Online Help and Documentation
@Perl Development
@Printing Support
@Sound and Video
@Sugar Desktop Environment
@System Tools
@Text-based Internet
@Web Development
@Window Managers
@X Software Development
@X Window System
@XFCE
@XFCE Software Development
%end
== CUT ==


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