Bug 18977

Summary:	Kickstart not working with image over NFS
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Marc Schmitt <marc.schmitt>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.0	CC:	jorit, tek
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	17609
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Description Marc Schmitt 2000-10-12 16:40:56 UTC

Hello

I`ve been using KS installations with RH 6.0 and 6.2 and it works well.
Trying to do a kickstart installation with RH 7.0 fails. I want to install
over the network via NFS, the ks.cfg file residing on the boot floppy
(bootnet.img).

I`m using basicly the same ks.cfg file as with RH 6.2 except that I added
the --hostname line to the network option.

Instead of doing the unattended install, the installer gets interactive,
asking for language and stuff.

On Alt-F3 the last line says "mounting nfs path hostxxx:/diryyy", but
actually the request never arrives on the server, as indicates
/var/log/messages.

Following the interactive installer and entering manually the nfs server
and the mount dir after providing IP information will result in a succesful
mounting and anaconda starts to load. The lines read:
Running anaconda - may take some time to load...
exec: No such file or directory
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
etc etc
you may safely reboot your system



In addition, I noticed that I can`t mount the image from a Sun NFS server,
which worked well with RH 6.0 and 6.2. I had to install an NFS Server under
Linux to get it working at all.
Trying to mount the image directory from the Sun simply returns an error
dialog: "I could not mount that directory from the server."


Regards,
Marc

Comment 1 Dax Kelson 2000-10-12 19:00:13 UTC

I've done 200 kickstart installs over NFS with Red Hat 7.0.

You probably didn't copy the 2nd cdrom to your hard drive properly.  Use the
commands, in the RELEASE-NOTES on cdrom1 to copy the files.  I bet you are
missing your "instimage" directory.

Also, you should read over the new kickstart appendix in the official reference
guide, I bet you have some additional changes to make to your ks.cfg file.

Good luck,

Dax Kelson
Guru Labs

Comment 2 Marc Schmitt 2000-10-13 09:34:59 UTC

Hi Dax

Thanks for your hints! I copied the 2 CDs like adviced in the RELEASE-NOTES and
the problem "exec: No such file or directory" disapeared. I initially made a 1
to 1 copy of ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/redhat/redhat-7.0/i386/en/,
which should have the same content, but obviously not...

The problem with the Sun server remains. We are using SunOS 5.6 on an Ultra-4.
Did you export the image directory from a linux box or a Sun?

Greetz
Marc

Comment 3 tek 2000-10-13 14:31:54 UTC

Marc, see Bug #17609.  I've made some images available to allow you to mount 
the Sun server....

-Thom

Comment 4 Brock Organ 2000-10-18 20:15:02 UTC

hi Marc,

glad to hear that Dax's notes helped ... ! Since they solved your immeadiate
problem (the copy of CDs #1 & #2), I'll close this bug report ... feel free to
follow the related NFS issues in 17609 ... thanks for your report!