From below:
I get a consistent build with any of the three OS every time.
Is Kickstart a mechanism to build (from source) an EL8 image that is
then bootable and installable?
My understanding is that using Kickstart, one could arrange for the
appropriate disk partitions (including those such as /home or /opt that
should not be touched by any new install, merely made accessible under
the new OS), and the installation of the new release RPMs into the new
target OS (e.g., generate a kickstart in SL7 and then modify that
kickstart 7 using the RL described application to kickstart 8 that would
correctly install, say, AlmaLinux 8, from the "binary executable" RPMs,
not SRPMs) without the issues that have been described for the current
EL8 production Anaconda.
Am I missing something?
On 5/6/21 7:22 PM, ~Stack~ wrote:
On 5/6/21 7:43 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
From the Proofpoint URL (that Mozilla Thunderbird Bluhell reports as
a "click through") and that translates to:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_documentation_en-2Dus_red-5Fhat-5Fenterprise-5Flinux_8_html-2Dsingle_performing-5Fan-5Fadvanced-5Frhel-5Finstallation_index-23bht.cd562e2a-2Dc743-2D442e-2Dafea-2D4a0a644b567a.7&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=5QVvunZPOpisz1tvqpaD8tJ-w5kUxQOjP4riwIx6tEw&s=-dkcAFjruac91EaDXEXWhcqs545EJhktibPpjkyNOvs&e=
Converting a RHEL 7 Kickstart file for RHEL 8 installation
You can use the Kickstart Converter tool to convert a RHEL 7 Kickstart
file for use in a new RHEL 8 installation. For more information about
the tool and how to use it to convert a RHEL 7 Kickstart file, see
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_labs_kickstartconvert_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=5QVvunZPOpisz1tvqpaD8tJ-w5kUxQOjP4riwIx6tEw&s=dbbJeNHpQdBEpbXgURXhMZHJztbOwgAw86LhRHjLl1o&e=
End excerpt.
Presumably, those who have a working SL 7 could use the above
technique to create the Kickstart install for UDEL8 (UD -- Unspecified
Distribution). Has anyone tried it? Does it work?
I have taken SL7 kickstarts, modified them, and then used them with
minimal changes on Rocky, Alma, and CentOS. In fact, my test system I
switch between all three with a single kickstart that I just switch by
commenting out the `url` line I don't want and uncommenting the `url`
like that I do. It's that easy. I get a consistent build with any of the
three OS every time.
~Stack~
