+ cat /proc/cmdline
method=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/os/ ks=file:kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH

reassigning to anaconda

Can you boot with rd.debug=1 and post the log from that?

Also, where is your kickstart file being fetched from? ks=file:kojak-ks.cfg does not specify what the device the kickstart is on, which may be your problem. ks= uses the same syntax as the inst.repo option. See http://wwoods.fedorapeople.org/doc/boot-options.html#_inst_repo for details.

With respect to the kickstart file I'm using the following options with virt-install

virt-install \
--debug \
-n ${VMNAME} \
-r ${VMMEM} \
--accelerate \
--vcpus=2 \
--os-type=linux \
--os-variant=${OS_VARIANT} \
--disk ${VMHOME}/${VMNAME}.img \
--initrd-inject=${CFGDIR}/kojak-ks.cfg \
--location ${SRCLOC} \
--extra-args="ks=file:kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH" \
--console pty \
--nographics

Can you advise how I can use the rd.debug=1 option in the command line above? 

Thanks,
Sal.

Add it to the extra-args list.

Created attachment 865666 [details]
dracut debug

You appear to have cdrom in your kickstart, but no cdrom mounted to install from.

+ cat /etc/cmdline.d/80-kickstart.conf
inst.repo=cdrom
ip=192.168.122.2::192.168.122.1:255.255.255.0:koji.localdomain:None:none: nameserver=192.168.122.1

Also, is networking setup correctly for your vms?

And it looks like there are no disks setup.

FYI we have the livemedia-creator tool (part of lorax) that can be used to create appliance images using a kickstart and a boot.iso, it takes care of setting up most of this stuff for you.

I was stuck with the same error. After hours of debugging, I found the reason had nothing to do with the virt-install command or the kickstart file, but was because I had not enabled dhcp on the network attached to the nic of the VM,
and it failed to download the second stage image file.......

I had a quick look at the network settings and I can confirm I have dhcp enabled.  I had a working configuration prior to Fedora 20 so I suspect bugs in the latest release are to blame.

Having said that I have aligned both my virt-install and kickstart to use a url to download the files but I'm still having no joy.

Created attachment 867022 [details]
drakut debug

Is this still a problem? The debug log in comment 9 shows the installer starting and failing due to invalid partitioning in your kickstart. I also don't see any more mention of inst.repo=cdrom. Did you address the issues that Brian raised in comment 6?

I think invalid partitioning could be a red hearing as it was working before and that now I can boot but it complains it cannot find the kickstart file.  I have confirmed that the file exists and tried multiple locations on filing but no joy.

See below:

[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:187) Launched with command line: /usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install --debug -n CentOS-6.5-x86_64 --accelerate --memory 4096 --vcpus 2 --os-type linux --os-variant rhel6 --arch x86_64 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS-6.5-x86_64.img --initrd-inject /var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg --location http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/ --extra-args ks=file:/var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH --console pty --nographics
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:195) Requesting libvirt URI default
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:199) Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (virt-install:193) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'.
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (virt-install:432) Received virt method 'kvm'
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (virt-install:433) Hypervisor name is 'hvm'
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:515) --graphics compat generated: none
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (guest:205) Setting Guest.os_variant to 'rhel6'
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:27 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (distroinstaller:398) DistroInstaller location is a network source.
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:28 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:293) Finding distro store for location=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:28 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:99) Fetching URI: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:29 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:110) Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-.treeinfo.eCIG0U
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:29 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (virt-install:551) Guest.has_install_phase: True

Starting install...
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:29 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (distroinstaller:412) Using scratchdir=/var/lib/libvirt/boot
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:30 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:293) Finding distro store for location=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:30 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:99) Fetching URI: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/.treeinfo
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:30 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:110) Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-.treeinfo.sS2TyQ
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                                                                                                                                                   |  728 B  00:00:00 !!! 
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:30 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:99) Fetching URI: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:31 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:110) Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.0o6LOy                                    ]  0.0 B/s | 1.9 MB  --:--:-- ETA 
Retrieving file vmlinuz...                                                                                                                                                     | 7.9 MB  00:00:00 !!! 
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:31 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:99) Fetching URI: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (urlfetcher:110) Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.YL4A6f================================-] 3.2 MB/s |  32 MB  00:00:00 ETA 
Retrieving file initrd.img...                                                                                                                                                  |  64 MB  00:00:08 !!! 
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (distroinstaller:233) Copying /var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg to the initrd.
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (distroinstaller:236) Appending to the initrd.
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (distroinstaller:277) Have access to preferred scratchdir so nothing to upload
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (guest:446) Generated install XML: 
<domain type="kvm">
  <name>CentOS-6.5-x86_64</name>
  <uuid>803d4cd3-415e-4d82-a105-d164da4777c8</uuid>
  <memory>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64">hvm</type>
    <kernel>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.0o6LOy</kernel>
    <initrd>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.YL4A6f</initrd>
    <cmdline>method=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/ ks=file:/var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH</cmdline>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
    <model>SandyBridge</model>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset="utc">
    <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
    <timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS-6.5-x86_64.img"/>
      <target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
    </disk>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-ehci1"/>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">
      <master startport="0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">
      <master startport="2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">
      <master startport="4"/>
    </controller>
    <interface type="network">
      <source network="default"/>
      <mac address="52:54:00:e7:e3:27"/>
      <model type="virtio"/>
    </interface>
    <input type="tablet" bus="usb"/>
    <console type="pty"/>
  </devices>
</domain>

[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (guest:447) Generated boot XML: 
<domain type="kvm">
  <name>CentOS-6.5-x86_64</name>
  <uuid>803d4cd3-415e-4d82-a105-d164da4777c8</uuid>
  <memory>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64">hvm</type>
    <boot dev="hd"/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
    <model>SandyBridge</model>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset="utc">
    <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
    <timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS-6.5-x86_64.img"/>
      <target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
    </disk>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-ehci1"/>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">
      <master startport="0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">
      <master startport="2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">
      <master startport="4"/>
    </controller>
    <interface type="network">
      <source network="default"/>
      <mac address="52:54:00:e7:e3:27"/>
      <model type="virtio"/>
    </interface>
    <input type="tablet" bus="usb"/>
    <console type="pty"/>
  </devices>
</domain>

Creating domain...                                                                                                                                                             |    0 B  00:00:00     
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (guest:477) XML fetched from libvirt object:
<domain type='kvm' id='2'>
  <name>CentOS-6.5-x86_64</name>
  <uuid>803d4cd3-415e-4d82-a105-d164da4777c8</uuid>
  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-1.6'>hvm</type>
    <kernel>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.0o6LOy</kernel>
    <initrd>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.YL4A6f</initrd>
    <cmdline>method=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/ ks=file:/var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH</cmdline>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
    <model fallback='allow'>SandyBridge</model>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='utc'>
    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/CentOS-6.5-x86_64.img'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
      <alias name='usb0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
      <alias name='usb0'/>
      <master startport='0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
      <alias name='usb0'/>
      <master startport='2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
      <alias name='usb0'/>
      <master startport='4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
      <alias name='pci.0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:e7:e3:27'/>
      <source network='default'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/2'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux' relabel='yes'>
    <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c473,c1013</label>
    <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c473,c1013</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (installer:187) Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-vmlinuz.0o6LOy
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (installer:187) Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.img.YL4A6f
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:397) Connecting to text console
[Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:13:39 virt-install 9126] DEBUG (cli:344) Running: /usr/bin/virsh --connect qemu:///system console CentOS-6.5-x86_64
Connected to domain CentOS-6.5-x86_64
Escape character is ^]
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Linux version 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013
Command line: method=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/ ks=file:/var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH
KERNEL supported cpus:
  Intel GenuineIntel
  AMD AuthenticAMD
  Centaur CentaurHauls
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000dfffe000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000dfffe000 - 00000000e0000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000feffc000 - 00000000ff000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000120000000 (usable)
DMI 2.4 present.
SMBIOS version 2.4 @ 0xF1790
Hypervisor detected: KVM
last_pfn = 0x120000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x70406, new 0x7010600070106
last_pfn = 0xdfffe max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000dfffe000
init_memory_mapping: 0000000100000000-0000000120000000
RAMDISK: 7e027000 - 7ffff8c0
ACPI: RSDP 00000000000f1600 00014 (v00 BOCHS )
ACPI: RSDT 00000000dfffe440 00030 (v01 BOCHS  BXPCRSDT 00000001 BXPC 00000001)
ACPI: FACP 00000000dfffff80 00074 (v01 BOCHS  BXPCFACP 00000001 BXPC 00000001)
ACPI: DSDT 00000000dfffe470 01137 (v01   BXPC   BXDSDT 00000001 INTL 20120913)
ACPI: FACS 00000000dfffff40 00040
ACPI: SSDT 00000000dffff6a0 00899 (v01 BOCHS  BXPCSSDT 00000001 BXPC 00000001)
ACPI: APIC 00000000dffff5b0 00080 (v01 BOCHS  BXPCAPIC 00000001 BXPC 00000001)
Setting APIC routing to flat.
No NUMA configuration found
Faking a node at 0000000000000000-0000000120000000
Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-0000000120000000
  NODE_DATA [000000000000d000 - 0000000000040fff]
  bootmap [0000000000041000 -  0000000000064fff] pages 24
(8 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 0120000000]
  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
  #1 [0000006000 - 0000008000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000008000]
  #2 [0001000000 - 000201faa4]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0001000000 - 000201faa4]
  #3 [007e027000 - 007ffff8c0]          RAMDISK ==> [007e027000 - 007ffff8c0]
  #4 [000009fc00 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009fc00 - 0000100000]
  #5 [0002020000 - 0002020079]              BRK ==> [0002020000 - 0002020079]
  #6 [0000008000 - 000000c000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000008000 - 000000c000]
  #7 [000000c000 - 000000d000]          PGTABLE ==> [000000c000 - 000000d000]
found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f17b0] f17b0
kvm-clock: Using msrs 4b564d01 and 4b564d00
kvm-clock: cpu 0, msr 0:1c247c1, boot clock
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA      0x00000001 -> 0x00001000
  DMA32    0x00001000 -> 0x00100000
  Normal   0x00100000 -> 0x00120000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000001 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x000dfffe
    0: 0x00100000 -> 0x00120000
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0xb008
Setting APIC routing to flat.
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0xff] dfl dfl lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x00] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 0, version 17, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 5 global_irq 5 high level)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 10 global_irq 10 high level)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 11 global_irq 11 high level)
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000dfffe000 - 00000000e0000000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000feffc000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000feffc000 - 00000000ff000000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000ff000000 - 00000000fffc0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000
Allocating PCI resources starting at e0000000 (gap: e0000000:1effc000)
Booting paravirtualized kernel on KVM
NR_CPUS:4096 nr_cpumask_bits:2 nr_cpu_ids:2 nr_node_ids:1
PERCPU: Embedded 31 pages/cpu @ffff880028200000 s94872 r8192 d23912 u1048576
pcpu-alloc: s94872 r8192 d23912 u1048576 alloc=1*2097152
pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 1 
kvm-clock: cpu 0, msr 0:282167c1, primary cpu clock
kvm-stealtime: cpu 0, msr 2820e880
Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 1032244
Policy zone: Normal
Kernel command line: method=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/ ks=file:/var/tmp/kojak/cfg/RedHat/CentOS/6/5/x86_64/kojak-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 serial rd_NO_PLYMOUTH
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
xsave/xrstor: enabled xstate_bv 0x7, cntxt size 0x340
Checking aperture...
No AGP bridge found
PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
Placing 64MB software IO TLB between ffff880020000000 - ffff880024000000
software IO TLB at phys 0x20000000 - 0x24000000
Memory: 4018572k/4718592k available (5325k kernel code, 524688k absent, 175332k reserved, 7013k data, 1276k init)
Hierarchical RCU implementation.
NR_IRQS:33024 nr_irqs:424
Console: colour *CGA 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
console [ttyS0] enabled
allocated 16777216 bytes of page_cgroup
please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
Detected 2893.426 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop (skipped) preset value.. 5786.85 BogoMIPS (lpj=2893426)
pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Security Framework initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
Dentry cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Initializing cgroup subsys memory
Initializing cgroup subsys devices
Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
Initializing cgroup subsys blkio
Initializing cgroup subsys perf_event
Initializing cgroup subsys net_prio
mce: CPU supports 10 MCE banks
alternatives: switching to unfair spinlock
ACPI: Core revision 20090903
ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00
ftrace: allocating 21769 entries in 86 pages
Enabling x2apic
Enabled x2apic
APIC routing finalized to physical x2apic.
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge) stepping 01
Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 42 no PMU driver, software events only.
NMI watchdog disabled (cpu0): hardware events not enabled
Booting Node   0, Processors  #1 Ok.
kvm-clock: cpu 1, msr 0:283167c1, secondary cpu clock
kvm-stealtime: cpu 1, msr 2830e880
Brought up 2 CPUs
Total of 2 processors activated (11573.70 BogoMIPS).
devtmpfs: initialized
regulator: core version 0.5
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: No dock devices found.
PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io  0x0000-0x0cf7]
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xfebfffff]
PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000-0x0cf7]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xe0000000-0xfebfffff]
pci 0000:00:01.3: quirk: [io  0xb000-0xb03f] claimed by PIIX4 ACPI
pci 0000:00:01.3: quirk: [io  0xb100-0xb10f] claimed by PIIX4 SMB
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 5 *10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 *10 11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 5 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKS] (IRQs *9)
vgaarb: loaded
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
lo: Dropping TSO features since no CSUM feature.
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
Switching to clocksource kvm-clock
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 524288 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
pci 0000:00:00.0: Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers
pci 0000:00:01.0: PIIX3: Enabling Passive Release
pci 0000:00:01.0: Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
pci 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11
pci 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 10
pci 0000:00:03.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
pci 0000:00:03.1: PCI INT B disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
pci 0000:00:03.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
pci 0000:00:03.2: PCI INT C disabled
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11
pci 0000:00:03.7: PCI INT D -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11
pci 0000:00:03.7: PCI INT D disabled
Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
Freeing initrd memory: 32610k freed
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1394115226.427:1): initialized
HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 7912
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key 8A44323FB303E068
- User ID: CentOS (Kernel Module GPG key)
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 251)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
acpiphp: Slot [2] registered
acpiphp: Slot [4] registered
acpiphp: Slot [5] registered
acpiphp: Slot [6] registered
acpiphp: Slot [7] registered
acpiphp: Slot [8] registered
acpiphp: Slot [9] registered
acpiphp: Slot [10] registered
acpiphp: Slot [11] registered
acpiphp: Slot [12] registered
acpiphp: Slot [13] registered
acpiphp: Slot [14] registered
acpiphp: Slot [15] registered
acpiphp: Slot [16] registered
acpiphp: Slot [17] registered
acpiphp: Slot [18] registered
acpiphp: Slot [19] registered
acpiphp: Slot [20] registered
acpiphp: Slot [21] registered
acpiphp: Slot [22] registered
acpiphp: Slot [23] registered
acpiphp: Slot [24] registered
acpiphp: Slot [25] registered
acpiphp: Slot [26] registered
acpiphp: Slot [27] registered
acpiphp: Slot [28] registered
acpiphp: Slot [29] registered
acpiphp: Slot [30] registered
acpiphp: Slot [31] registered
ipmi message handler version 39.2
IPMI System Interface driver.
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified kcs state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified smic state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified smic state machine at i/o address 0xca9, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Adding default-specified bt state machine
ipmi_si: Trying default-specified bt state machine at i/o address 0xe4, slave address 0x0, irq 0
ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input0
ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, No or invalid critical threshold (20090903/thermal-386)
GHES: HEST is not enabled!
Non-volatile memory driver v1.3
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
crash memory driver: version 1.1
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
�serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input1
Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.7: PCI INT D -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.7: irq 11, io mem 0xfebc1000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:03.7
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: irq 11, io base 0x0000c060
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:03.0
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: irq 10, io base 0x0000c080
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:03.1
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: PCI INT C -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: irq 10, io base 0x0000c0a0
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:03.2
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD,PNP0f13:MOU] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
rtc_cmos 00:01: RTC can wake from S4
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2
rtc_cmos 00:01: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one day, 114 bytes nvram
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
GRE over IPv4 demultiplexor driver
TCP cubic registered
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 17
registered taskstats version 1

I tried using livemedia-creator with my kickstart file and oddly enough I have the same issue with respect to the kickstart file not being detected from both the file system and a http url.

Please advise.

OK so it seems that the kickstart file can only be read from / and not /root or anywhere else.

So I guess this can be Closed as don't believe its a bug but it would be nice not having to use / to store the kickstart file.

Thanks,
Sal.

I'm not sure what you mean, limedia-creator can read the kickstart from anywhere you have permission to read from.

Yes but I'm not using livemedia-creator in this case.

Thanks,
Sal.