I'm booting from the ISO DVD and entering TAB at the install splash screen and then adding ks=hd:/dev/sdb1:/ks.cfg to read the kickstart from a USB key. The kickstart is below (the latest attempt)...
#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T #version=DEVEL # Firewall configuration firewall --enabled --ssh # Install OS instead of upgrade install # Use CDROM installation media cdrom # Root password rootpw --iscrypted $1$Qp/kIHFC$d/jWHGmcg5jeiwIAt/82P1 # System authorization information auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512 # Use text mode install text firstboot --disable # System keyboard keyboard us # System language lang en_US # SELinux configuration selinux --disabled # Installation logging level logging --level=info # Reboot after installation reboot # System timezone timezone --isUtc America/Chicago # System bootloader configuration bootloader --location=mbr # Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr # Partition clearing information clearpart --drives=sda --all # Disk partitioning information part /boot --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=700 part / --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=20000 part /export/home1 --fstype="ext4" --ondisk=sda --size=50000 part swap --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=4096 %packages @additional-devel @base @basic-desktop @client-mgmt-tools @compat-libraries @debugging @desktop-debugging @desktop-platform @desktop-platform-devel @development @directory-client @eclipse @fedora-packager @fonts @general-desktop @graphical-admin-tools @ha @ha-management @hardware-monitoring @ice-desktop @infiniband @input-methods @internet-applications @internet-browser @java-platform @large-systems @legacy-unix @legacy-x @load-balancer @misc-sl @network-file-system-client @network-tools @nfs-file-server @performance @perl-runtime @print-client @scalable-file-systems @scientific @security-tools @server-platform @server-platform-devel @spins @storage-client-fcoe @storage-client-iscsi @storage-client-multipath @system-admin-tools @system-management @system-management-messaging-client @tex @virtualization @virtualization-client @virtualization-platform @virtualization-tools @x11 %end thanks & regards, kent -----Original Message----- From: Ken Teh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:38 PM To: Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare) Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: SL6.1 kickstart persistent networkmanager prevents unattended install Can you tell us what you type (the kernel parameters) in order to specify that you are installing from a kickstart? On 08/10/2011 02:18 PM, Johnson, Kent A (GE Healthcare) wrote: > Greetings, > > Sorry to bother but I've tried to do my homework first, to no avail... > > I'm kickstarting the standard SL6.1 install DVD from a USB key to > provide an unattended install. > > I've tried everything I can find to try to prevent the networkmanager > popup to configure the ethernet interface during the install (occurs > immediately after disk partitioning). > > I've tried many different forms of the kickstart network command to > fully configure eth0 or leaving the network line out completely but the > nm popup persists. The only way that I've been able to stop the nm popup > during the kickstart install is to disable the ethernet hardware in the > BIOS! I've read all the RH/SL docs and searched the web far and wide... > > So, it seems that anaconda starts networkmanager any time that it finds > an ethernet device (active or not) whether the kickstart references > network or not. I'm not adding any external repos or anything else that > would require network. What am I missing? > > thanks in advance for any guidance, > Kent
