Bug 3772

Summary:	Several kickstart problems
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	jalar
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	bdraco, rhaig
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description jalar 1999-06-28 07:17:15 UTC

1) My partition table was damaged during my first try.
   Apparently 'zerombr no' is to blame for this. The
   install goes through without it (after I had manually
   fixed the partition table, of course)

2) 'device ethernet ne --opts "io=0x220, irq=9"' results
   in autoprobing (?) for a ne card at 0x300 and
failing. 	   Then manual configuration kicks in (which is
good,
   because the ks install then continues)

3) 'mouse whatever' doesnt work until I give
   '--device ttyS0' (does cua0 even exist?). This also
   kicks you out of the ks install.

4) 'xconfig' leaves the machine at blank screen. Pressing
   alt-F1 returns you to the install

5) 'rootpw --iscrypted xxxx' reencrypts the password. I
   thought this was fixed?

6) Perhaps add to the H.3.22 section of the install manual
   (%post section in a ks install) that

	'If you intend to do anything useful, note that
	the root-filesystem-to-be (/ of the install) is
	located at /mnt, for example use

	    rpm -i --root=/mnt xxxxxxxx'

Comment 1 jalar 1999-06-28 07:20:59 UTC

Oh, and I _am_ using the 29-May-1999 images.

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-06-28 12:15:59 UTC

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further action.

Comment 3 bdraco 1999-07-03 23:57:59 UTC

setting the mouse to none in the ks.cfg also produces the same
results.

Comment 4 patrick 1999-07-06 18:44:59 UTC

I've run into this and ended up having to have a mouse connected to
the machine during install (a pain in the ass because I do multiple
simultaneous installs).  I've been looking through the RH5.2
Installation manual, and it says to use something like:

mouse --kickstart genericps/2

I have yet to try it with the --kickstart option though.

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 1999-07-15 17:51:59 UTC

rootpw --iscrypted requires replacing the install2 binary
on the install image. You can either force a supplementary
disc, or copy the install2 binary on the errata supp.img
(or in the Raw Hide install image, IIRC) to the install image.

Comment 6 panu.matilainen 1999-08-31 14:00:59 UTC

The --iscrypted thingy can also be worked around in the post-section:
-----
%post
ROOTPW='encrypted-passwd-here'
sed 's&root:[^:]*:&root:'$ROOTPW':&' < /etc/shadow > /tmp/shadow
mv /tmp/shadow /etc/shadow
chmod 0400 /etc/shadow

Comment 7 Jay Turner 2000-02-10 21:10:59 UTC

These issues are resolved in the latest installer available in beta.