Bug 3772 – Several kickstart problems

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Bug 3772 - Several kickstart problems

Summary:	Several kickstart problems

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	installer (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Reported:	1999-06-28 03:17 EDT by jalar
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2000-02-10 16:11:02 EST
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Description jalar 1999-06-28 03:17:15 EDT

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 03:20:59 EDT

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

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-06-28 08:15:59 EDT

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

Comment 3 bdraco 1999-07-03 19:57:59 EDT

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

Comment 4 patrick 1999-07-06 14:44:59 EDT

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 13:51:59 EDT

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 10:00:59 EDT

The --iscrypted thingy can also be worked around in the post-section:
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%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 16:10:59 EST

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

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