Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 install via PXE Failure
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 16:32 +1100, James Gray wrote: > James > -- > Q: What lies on the bottom of the ocean and twitches? > A: A nervous wreck I had to say thank you for that one! Made me laugh out loud at 05:40 with only one cup of coffee ingested. -- Bill ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 install via PXE Failure
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:24:39 am Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 at 5:11pm, James Gray wrote > > > The installer starts, loads the kickstart script (attached), successfully > > verifies the installation media, checks the dependencies for the packages > > to be installed, formats the hard drive(s), then attempts to download the > > package: > > sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2.x86_64.rpm > > Somehow, your install is looking for CentOS 5.0 files rather than 5.1. > Make sure that your repodata files match up with what is actually in your > repo. Make sure there aren't any crossed symlinks somewhere. Indeed - you are correct :) Seems someone had "played" with our rsync script and it was missing those repodata files! G. Thanks for the heads-up! Cheers, James -- Q: What lies on the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A: A nervous wreck. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 install via PXE Failure
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 at 5:11pm, James Gray wrote The installer starts, loads the kickstart script (attached), successfully verifies the installation media, checks the dependencies for the packages to be installed, formats the hard drive(s), then attempts to download the package: sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2.x86_64.rpm Somehow, your install is looking for CentOS 5.0 files rather than 5.1. Make sure that your repodata files match up with what is actually in your repo. Make sure there aren't any crossed symlinks somewhere. -- Joshua Baker-LePain QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin UCSF ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 install via PXE Failure
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:11:42 pm James Gray wrote: > This is killing us :( The odd thing is the The last part, after the :(, was not supposed for the e-mail...sometimes sloppy focus is a little sloppier than my fingers...or maybe the other way around ;) James smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS 5.1 install via PXE Failure
Hi All, This has to be something simplebut it's really busting my chops. We have a PXE boot server that is used for initial installation of a number of operating systems and it works well. However the CentOS 5.1 x86_64 install is seriously broken. We've made the PXE boot images available from "centos/5/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/" in the tftp boot etc. We've rsynced our mirror with a local Tier 1 mirror (rsync://ftp.monash.edu.au::ftp/linux/CentOS/) Next we fire off the installation using the following in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default: label 4 kernel centos5/x86_64/vmlinuz append initrd=centos5/x86_64/initrd.img ramdisk_size=7000 ks=http:///CentOS-5/dot/kickstart/ks.cfg.x86_64 ksdevice=eth0 language=en text The installer starts, loads the kickstart script (attached), successfully verifies the installation media, checks the dependencies for the packages to be installed, formats the hard drive(s), then attempts to download the package: sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2.x86_64.rpm At this point the installation will not continue because that package is not part of the installation! I've verified our internal mirror with 3 other Tier 1 rsync hosts and all agree, our images are up-to-date and the CORRECT sysklogd package is actually: sysklogd-1.4.1-40.el5.x86_64.rpm (Note the build is 40.el5, NOT 39.2). I've tried creating a symbolic link from sysklogd-1.4.1-40.el5.x86_64.rpm -> sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2.x86_64.rpm, and sourcing a real package for sysklogd-1.4.1-39.2.x86_64.rpm. These last two attempts have still resulted in the installer claiming the RPM is corrupt, not available etc. This is killing us :( The odd thing is the James -- There will be big changes for you but you will be happy. # This kickstart configuration is for a PowerEdge 2850 # Creates system partitions (requires approx 30GB) and # leaves any extra space unformatted. ## # Start global configuration options # ## # See the kickstart documentation for an explanation of these options # http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html lang en_AU langsupport en_AU keyboard us mouse timezone Australia/Sydney rootpw --iscrypted reboot install url --url http:///CentOS-5/os/x86_64 bootloader --location=mbr # Wipe the MBR zerombr yes # Remove the existing partition table clearpart --all --initlabel # Disk partitioning information part /boot --fstype ext2 --size 100 --asprimary --ondisk=sda part swap --size 2048 --asprimary --ondisk=sda part / --fstype ext3 --size 10240 --asprimary --ondisk=sda part /home --fstype ext3 --size 3072 --ondisk=sda part /tmp --fstype ext2 --size 500 --ondisk=sda part /var --fstype ext3 --size 16384 --ondisk=sda auth --useshadow --enablemd5 firewall --disabled selinux --disabled skipx # Perform installation in text mode to save probing video hardware text # End global configuration options # # Package install information %packages --resolvedeps e2fsprogs grub kernel lynx net-snmp net-snmp-utils strace ntp exim vim-enhanced vim-common perl-Digest-HMAC perl-Digest-SHA1 # Packages to remove -NetworkManager -aspell -aspell-en -bluez-bluefw -bluez-hcidump -bluez-libs -bluez-utils -cups -cups-libs -dos2unix -dosfstools -finger -fontconfig -freetype -glib -gpm -hesiod -htmlview -ipsec-tools -irda-utils -isdn4k-utils -lftp -lha -libjpeg -libpng -libtiff -nano -pcmcia-cs -pinfo -ppp -redhat-lsb -rp-pppoe -sendmail -talk -unix2dos -unzip -wireless-tools -wvdial -xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL -xorg-x11-libs -yp-tools -ypbind -zip %post echo "Automated Dot SOE installation `/bin/date`" > /etc/motd # Install BCFG2 client rpm -i http:///CentOS-5/local/RPMS/x86_64/redhat-lsb-3.0-8.EL.dot.x86_64.rpm rpm -i http:///CentOS-5/local/RPMS/x86_64/lxml-0.9-1.x86_64.rpm rpm -i http:///CentOS-5/local/RPMS/noarch/bcfg2-0.8.4-2.dot.noarch.rpm # Install default configuration files wget http:///CentOS-5/local/config/snmpd.conf -O /etc/snmpd/snmpd.conf wget http:///CentOS-5/local/config/exim.conf -O /etc/exim/exim.conf wget http:///CentOS-5/local/config/bcfg2.conf -O /etc/bcfg2.conf # Turn off root logins via SSH echo -en '\n#Turn off root login via sshd\nPermitRootLogin no\n' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config # Turn off unwanted services chkconfig --del cpuspeed chkconfig --del iptables chkconfig --del kudzu chkconfig --del mdmonitor chkconfig --del microcode_ctl chkconfig --del rpcidmapd chkconfig --del rpcgssd chkconfig --del smartd chkconfig --del xinetd chkconfig --del gpm chkconfig --del lm_sensors chkconfig --del haldaemon chkconfig --del messagebus smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
