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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