On 8/28/15 1:59 AM, Baker D.J. wrote:
> Hello,
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> We have just upgraded to xCAT 2.10 since we have a requirement to do a
> rhel 7.1 installation (on a couple of diskful nodes in our cluster). I’m
> aware that there are changes to the kickstart file between rhels 6 and
> 7, however it isn’t clear me to how to migrate from one to the other (re
> the xCAT installation). I’ve tried modifying the kickstart file that we
> use to build rhels 6 nodes to no avail. When I attempt to build a node
> using rhels 7 the installation process halts. There’s something about a
> requirement to do a completely non interactive installation (sounds very
> reasonable),
IIRC I had this issue because I was missing:

"clearpart --all --initlabel"

also, the installer runs in tmux, so you can get a shell by typing: "C-b
2", and various logs with "C-b <3|4|5>",  which is helpful for debugging
install issues.

-Allie

and then a bizarre comment about not being to find busybox.
> There’s a screenshot below. Also I have attached a copy of the kickstart
> file that I’m using in xCAT. This file has been slightly modified to
> remove the obvious problems.
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> I wondered if anyone could please provide a working rhels 7.1 kickstart
> file that they have used with xCAT, and/or advise how my kickstart file
> should be modified.
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> Best regards,
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> David.
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