Hello list!! Great news! While this may be cheating a bit I did install CentOS 5.6 on the 6013-P8 supermicro I was trying to provision and grabbed the anaconda-ks.cfg file and made that the default ks file for my rhel56 pofile. Then I went to the next server I had to provision and it WORKS!! I can now provision both xen and hardware machines via cobbler. This makes me very glad!
One very minute detail to work however, is that I still get prompted for the 'clearpart' answer. I was wondering if someone could please help me understand why this part alone does not work. Thanks the cobbler community is a tremendous asset and I genuinely appreciate your guidance!! # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. install url --url=$tree lang en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us # Run the Setup Agent on first boot firstboot --disable xconfig --startxonboot network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.48 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.1 --nameserver 192.168.1.44,4.2.2.2 --hostname LCENT05.summitnjhome.com network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp --hostname LCENT05.summitnjhome.com rootpw --iscrypted $1$cFb3GUzq$HdSY6i6/lh79hbvCAD2a51 firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 selinux --enforcing timezone America/New_York # Partition clearing information clearpart --all --initlabel bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb quiet" # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work #clearpart --all --drives=sda #part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda #part pv.6 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda #volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.6 #logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1000 --grow --maxsize=5920 #logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024 --grow # If any cobbler repo definitions were referenced in the kickstart profile, include them here. $yum_repo_stanza %packages @admin-tools @base @core @dns-server @dialup @editors @ftp-server @gnome-desktop @games @graphical-internet @graphics @kde-desktop @legacy-network-server @mail-server @network-server @news-server @office @printing @server-cfg @sound-and-video @text-internet @xen @web-server @smb-server @base-x puppet koan keyutils kexec-tools iscsi-initiator-utils trousers bridge-utils fipscheck device-mapper-multipath kdegraphics libsane-hpaio vnc-server kdepim kdemultimedia xorg-x11-server-Xnest Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Dunphy" <[email protected]> To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 12:49:02 PM Subject: Re: partitioning scsi disk Hi Bob, Sorry don't know the SCSI id and it took me a while to get physical access to the machine to provide you with the info I do have. But it is a Seagate Cheetah Ultra320 and the cd rom is also scsi. I since I am able to get to the machine today I will also try to boot from dvd and run the install that way. I hope to learn the scsi syntax this way. I will keep you posted on the results. Thanks! tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Cochran" <[email protected]> To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 11:35:03 PM Subject: Re: partitioning scsi disk Do you know the SCSI ID? What brand of hard drive? Is the optical drive SCSI too? The reason I'm asking is because you might have to use a specific Kickstart syntax for partitioning SCSI disks, and the syntax may need to know the SCSI id of the hard drive device. If you have other SCSI hard disk machines which were partitioned successfully with Red Hat operating systems, there is an anaconda-ks.cfg file that is saved to ~/root. You can copy this and study the Kickstart syntax for partitioning SCSI disks. Bob Cochran On 6/18/11 10:42 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Hi marek, > > It's a supermicro 6013-p8 with a scsi 320 hd. I'm not aware of the disk > having a name. > > Tx! > Tim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:09 PM,<[email protected]> wrote: > >> What kind of server do you have, what is the name of your primary disk. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> [email protected]<[email protected]> >> To: cobbler mailing list<[email protected]> >> Sent: Sat Jun 18 18:16:20 2011 >> Subject: partitioning scsi disk >> >> Hello list!! >> >> hey guys.. I am attempting to provision a physical server, and just to get >> the ball rolling I tried to use the sample.ks file. but unfortunately when I >> boot the device it is unable to find it's root device and kernel panics. I >> was wondering if I could get a tip on how to partition a scsi drive. >> >> I haven't as yet resolved the networking issue I was experiencing the other >> day. But if I use the url --url=$tree option the installation seems to go >> smoothly. Not sure however why that would work and NFS and an external url >> wouldn't. Might be a routing issue with the dns server. But as the >> --url=$tree option is working now I'd like to try and focus on the >> partitioning aspect I am now experiencing. >> >> Thanks!! >> >> tim >> >> >> ## boot error >> >> VFS Cannot open root device VolgGroup00/LogVol00" or unknown-block(0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) >> >> ## sample.ks >> >> #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T >> # System authorization information >> auth --useshadow --enablemd5 >> # System bootloader configuration >> bootloader --location=mbr >> # Partition clearing information >> clearpart --all --initlabel >> >> # Use text mode install >> text >> # Firewall configuration >> firewall --enabled >> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot >> firstboot --disable >> # System keyboard >> keyboard us >> # System language >> lang en_US >> # Use network installation >> url --url=$tree >> # If any cobbler repo definitions were referenced in the kickstart profile, >> include them here. >> $yum_repo_stanza >> # Network information >> $SNIPPET('network_config') >> # Reboot after installation >> reboot >> >> #Root password >> rootpw --iscrypted $default_password_crypted >> # SELinux configuration >> selinux --disabled >> # Do not configure the X Window System >> skipx >> # System timezone >> timezone America/New_York >> # Install OS instead of upgrade >> install >> # Clear the Master Boot Record >> zerombr >> # Allow anaconda to partition the system as needed >> autopart >> >> >> %pre >> $SNIPPET('log_ks_pre') >> $kickstart_start >> $SNIPPET('pre_install_network_config') >> # Enable installation monitoring >> $SNIPPET('pre_anamon') >> >> %packages >> $SNIPPET('func_install_if_enabled') >> $SNIPPET('puppet_install_if_enabled') >> >> %post >> $SNIPPET('log_ks_post') >> # Start yum configuration >> $yum_config_stanza >> # End yum configuration >> $SNIPPET('post_install_kernel_options') >> $SNIPPET('post_install_network_config') >> $SNIPPET('func_register_if_enabled') >> $SNIPPET('puppet_register_if_enabled') >> $SNIPPET('download_config_files') >> $SNIPPET('koan_environment') >> $SNIPPET('redhat_register') >> $SNIPPET('cobbler_register') >> # Enable post-install boot notification >> $SNIPPET('post_anamon') >> # Start final steps >> $kickstart_done >> # End final steps >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
