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Operating Systems Linux RHEL5 Kickstart Problem... HELP! Post 302198340 by mkono on Thursday 22nd of May 2008 05:38:29 PM
Old 05-22-2008
Question RHEL5 Kickstart Problem... HELP!

Folks,
Im hoping you guys can help me. Here is a description of what I have going on.

Fresh VM, trying to run a Kickstart Install on it for RHEL5. I am looking to access the kickstart file through nfs.

I boot from a local ISO image and everything goes fine, I get to the boot prompt and enter linux ks=nfs:43.145.XXX.XX:/data/ks/ksrh5x86_64.cfg

---it is at this point where I am confused on what to do---
I have in a document left to me by someone who used to work here, the following information.

#linux ks=nfs:43.136.2.31:/data/ks/ksrh5x86_64.cfg
ksdevice=eth0
ip=xx.xxx.xx.xx
netmask=xxx.xxx.xxx.x
gateway=xx.xxx.xxx.xx
noipv6

---Here is my problem----

I do this at the boot prompt, everything flows until it comes back saying sending request for IP information for eth0"...That goes on for a few minutes then I get a screen that pops up saying "Error Downloading Kickstart File"

"Unable to Download the Kickstart file, Please modify the Kickstart paramater below or press cancel to proceed as an interactive installation"


---Questions---
I am not well versed in RHEL5 and this is my first time doing a Kickstart install.

-Am I supposed to enter the KSdevice,IP,netmask,gateway and noipv6 on the same line that I am entering the ks=nfs path?

-Is there something I am missing?


I would be forever greatfull if someone could assist me with this.
I am stumped and confused.

I am looking forward to learning more about this and would appreciate the assistance.

Many Thanks,
Mathew
 

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pbuilder-user-mode-linux(1)					     pbuilder					       pbuilder-user-mode-linux(1)

NAME
pbuilder-user-mode-linux - personal package builder in UML SYNOPSIS
pbuilder-user-mode-linux create [options] pbuilder-user-mode-linux update [options] pbuilder-user-mode-linux build [options] .dsc-file pbuilder-user-mode-linux execute [options] script pbuilder-user-mode-linux login [options] DESCRIPTION
Front end program to the pbuilder suite of programs, used for creating and maintaining user-mode-linux environment and building Debian package within the user-mode-linux virtual machine environment. Unlike pbuilder , pbuilder-user-mode-linux does not require root privilege to run. It should be ran under a normal user. OPTIONS
create Creates a user-mode-linux root image for the specified distribution using rootstrap software update Updates the user-mode-linux root image for the specified distribution. Also, by specifying the --distribution option, it is possi- ble to switch the distribution. Specify a dummy distribution value even for custom apt config files. build Builds the package specified by .dsc-file within the user-mode-linux environment. login Invokes shell within UML. dumpconfig dumps configuration information about user-mode-linux, used for debugging. execute Invokes a command or script inside UML. execute will copy the specified file into the UML system, and run it. The remaining command-line arguments are passed on to the script. --uml-image [UML image] Specify the UML image to use. --eth0 [uml option for eth0] Specify this option as parameter to UML. Specify --eth0=slirp,12345,/usr/bin/slirp-fullbolt to use the slirp connection. --uml-ip [IP inside UML] Specify this to set the IP inside UML. This can be set to dhcp for obtaining IP address through DHCP. --uml-netmask [netmask] The netmask. --uml-network [network] The network address. --uml-broadcast [broadcast] The broadcast address. --uml-gateway [gateway] The gateway address. --mount-tmpfs [yes] Specify whether to mount tmpfs inside UML chroot. --uml-hostname [uml-host] The hostname inside uml. --distribution [sid] Specify the distribution. see pbuilder(8) --binary-arch Specify only to build binary-arch targets. see pbuilder(8) --timeout timeouttime Timeout build after specified time. see pbuilder(8) --configfile config file to read Makes pbuilder to read the config file inside UML. pbuilder-user-mode-linux itself would be affected by the contents of the config file. --hookdir location of hooks Makes pbuilder use the specified hookdir inside UML. --aptconfdir apt configuretion directory Makes pbuilder to use specified apt configuration directory instead of other settings. See pbuilder(8) --override-config Specify this option along with --distribution to switch distribution using pbuilder-user-mode-linux update --logfile logfilename Specify this option to make the output go to logfilename as well as standard output. --buildresult /dir/to/build/result The directory where build result is placed to --uml-debugmode Enable tracing of shell scripts used by pbuilder-user-mode-linux. --bindmounts /dir/to/bind-mount Bind-mount the directory inside the chroot inside the user-mode-linux. --buildplace place-to-put-COW-file Specify the directory to place the COW file. The user needs to be able to access that directory, and the directory must exist. --uml-login-nocow Do not use COW filesystem when using pbuilder-user-mode-linux login so that changes made in the log in session will persist. Effective in login and exec options. --mirror [mirror location] Specifies the URL of Debian mirror to be specified in sources.list inside the chroot. This option is only valid when distribution is being specified, for update and build targets. The format is something like: http://http.us.debian.org/debian which should point to your favourite mirror. This option can optionally be omitted, and left blank, in which case, this part is skipped. Note that these URLs specified to pbuilder will be used from within the chroot, and specifying file:/somewhere/ will most probably fail. --othermirror [deb http://xxx/xxx/ ./ | other deb lines... ] The lines which is added to the sources.list, delimited with | Like deb http://local/mirror stable main|deb file:/usr/local/mirror ./ The deb lines here are the ones that will appear at the top of the sources.list inside the chroot. Be sure to follow the syntax rules of sources.list(5). These lines appear at the beginning of the constructed sources file, so this is the place to list your local mirror sites; apt will then use them in preference to the ones listed in --mirror . These options are only valid when --override-config option is specified in update target, or when pbuilder create is being called. NOTES
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/etc/pbuilderrc The system-wide configuration file for pbuilder. /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc The default settings for pbuilder, used as fallback for all values that is not specified in /etc/pbuilderrc. /etc/pbuilder/pbuilder-uml.conf System-wide configuration file for pbuilder-uml, it will take priority over pbuilder configurations. /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilder-uml.conf Software-default configuration file for pbuilder-uml. ${HOME}/.pbuilderrc User-default configuration file. SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.html, pdebuild(1), pbuilder(8), rootstrap(1), linux(1), pbuilderrc(5), pbuilder-uml.conf(5) Debian 2005 Jun 12 pbuilder-user-mode-linux(1)
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