Bug 1027160 - Kickstarts don't work on Live
Summary: Kickstarts don't work on Live
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 20
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: RejectedBlocker
: 1026825 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-11-06 10:01 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2014-12-15 19:18 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.15-1
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-09-04 17:25:03 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
anaconda screen after running Live with kickstart (51.35 KB, image/png)
2013-11-06 10:01 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details
default.ks (537 bytes, text/plain)
2013-11-06 10:03 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details
anaconda.log (17.21 KB, text/plain)
2013-11-06 10:03 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details
program.log (44.95 KB, text/plain)
2013-11-06 10:03 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details
storage.log (275.81 KB, text/plain)
2013-11-06 10:03 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details

Description Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:01:46 UTC
Created attachment 820268 [details]
anaconda screen after running Live with kickstart

Description of problem:
When I try to use kickstart on Live media, anaconda doesn't download the file and it flushes all default settings.

I tried using inst.ks= at boot, and also liveinst --ks file and liveinst --kickstart=file. Everything behaves the same. The file is _not_ downloaded (I see no access on my web server).

Anaconda skips the language selection screen and shows errors at most of the dialogs, indicating that no defaults were used.

Please note that netinst + kickstart works fine, so this problem is only related to Lives.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 20.25.6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to run anaconda with a kickstart from Live by any means possible
2. see that the file was not downloaded
3. see that anaconda acts as having no defaults at all

Comment 1 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:03:21 UTC
Created attachment 820269 [details]
default.ks

Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:03:27 UTC
Created attachment 820270 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:03:34 UTC
Created attachment 820271 [details]
program.log

Comment 4 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:03:41 UTC
Created attachment 820272 [details]
storage.log

Comment 5 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:04:41 UTC
*** Bug 1026825 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Kamil Páral 2013-11-06 10:10:36 UTC
We have this criteria:
"The installer must be able to complete a scripted installation which duplicates the default interactive installation as closely as possible. "
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Beta_Release_Criteria#Scripted_installation

However, it can be argued that netinst/dvd+kickstart work fine as a workaround, therefore this is not as critical as it could be.

Comment 7 Jaroslav Reznik 2013-11-06 15:15:16 UTC
As it works for netinst/dvd+kickstart, live anaconda could be updated later (as part of documented workaround).

Comment 8 Mike Ruckman 2013-11-06 17:13:19 UTC
Discussed in 2013-11-06 Blocker Review Meeting [1]. Voted a RejectedBlocker because Kickstarts aren't supposed to work with livecd. Kickstarts work fine with pxe and netinst.

[1] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2013-11-06/

Comment 9 Zeeshan Ali 2014-12-15 19:18:19 UTC
Express instalation of Fedora is one the most attractive features of gnome-boxes and Fedora deciding to ditch the installation DVDs w/o adding support for kickstart in live breaks this completely for gnome-boxes. :(


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