Automating install

[seabird]

Originally Posted by jpollard

Each field in the shadow file is separated by a ":"

anaconda-ks.cfg provided me with the root passwd:

$6$B93DCBF5BkNUbUAS$LzhT10o3XWF2U34YD.Au8DstmmdxJhTScKSU7DjRT0nbreCCJQPGiL6WtLe6QIfACySb5SmDtO/Eqw0URjE8t/

vi /etc/shadow provides me with root passwd:

$6$OCxNS33XACUM2a7V$gP.dWHvHCoRH/VzVYbiedJ4NJ2Tp7oC5e6XYPpa2bc23a9kyqj0nLKpWUvLYyWoRQRrxoNYWJvwUTyBXxoPPi/

They look nothing alike. If I stick this in a ks.cfg file, how do I know with which password I end up???

so reading that means:
My passwd: (according to shadow)

$6$oy48FbPV2JURBzel$9cuWOgMe/yGsT/rQ2wOBudoOPx5baQkTRGTzgNtyt2GhbaQwwO/aE32qYltAErSz8MYM6MrY74AQF6ZDhsxR1.

can be used in ks.conf like this: (?)

user --name=username1 --gecos="User Name" --password=$6$oy48FbPV2JURBzel$9cuWOgMe/yGsT/rQ2wOBudoOPx5baQkTRGTzgNtyt2GhbaQwwO/aE32qYltAErSz8MYM6MrY74AQF6ZDhsxR1. --iscrypted

and I end up with the same passwd as I do now??

[AdamW]

kickstart is certainly intended for single-system deployment as well as more complex cases. I use it all the time for QA - I just keep a kickstart file on my webserver which does a clean unattended install of each currently supported Fedora release. makes it very easy to quickly spin up a clean install if I need one. making and using kickstarts is very quick and easy.

[seabird]

I figured I would go and give it a try with my ks.cfg. Unfortunatly it boosted a error real quick.

No preexisting RAID device with the name "md0" was found

Here is the ks.cfg I used:

# Kickstart file for home server.

#version=DEVEL
install
cdrom
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
network --onboot yes --device eth0 --noipv6 --nameserver 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4 --hostname server.domain.com --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.2.99 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.2.254
timezone --utc Europe/Amsterdam
rootpw  --iscrypted $6$B93DCBF5BkNUbUAS$LzhT10o3XWF2U34YD.Au8DstmmdxJhTScKSU7DjRT0nbreCCJQPGiL6WtLe6QIfACySb5SmDtO/Eqw0URjE8t/
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
firewall --disabled
#My users
<emptied for posting>
# The following is the partition information you requested
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
# not guaranteed to work
clearpart --linux --drives=sda

part raid.008097 --onpart=sdg1 --noformat
part raid.008081 --onpart=sdf1 --noformat
part raid.008065 --onpart=sde1 --noformat
part raid.008049 --onpart=sdd1 --noformat
part raid.008033 --onpart=sdc1 --noformat
part raid.008017 --onpart=sdb1 --noformat
raid /home --fstype=ext4 --level=6 --device=md0 --useexisting --noformat raid.008081 raid.008097 raid.008017 raid.008033 raid.008049 raid.008065

part pv.008003 --grow --size=500
volgroup vg_server --pesize=32768 pv.008003
logvol swap --name=lv_swap --vgname=vg_server --size=8064
logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=lv_root --vgname=vg_server --size=48672
part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=500
part biosboot --fstype=biosboot --size=1

bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=1 --driveorder=sda,sdb,sdc,sdd,sde,sdf,sdg --append=" "
repo --name="Fedora 16 - x86_64"  --baseurl=http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/fedora/linux/releases/16/Everything/x86_64/os/ --cost=1000
repo --name="Fedora 16 - x86_64 - Updates"  --baseurl=http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/fedora/linux/updates/16/x86_64/ --cost=1000

%packages
@admin-tools
@base
@core
@dns-server
@development-libs
@development-tools
@dutch-support
@editors
@british-support
@ftp-server
@gnome-desktop
@graphical-internet
@graphics
@hardware-support
@java
@mail-server
@mysql
@office
@online-docs
@printing
@server-cfg
@sound-and-video
@system-tools
@text-internet
@web-server
@smb-server
@base-x
xfsprogs
mtools
gpgme
gpm
brltty
bind
lua
cmake
gvfs-obexftp
pcsc-lite
gypsy
hdparm
pcsc-lite-ccid
php-mysql
vorbis-tools
jack-audio-connection-kit
gssdp
geoclue
PackageKit-command-not-found
enca
apg
festival
xsel
gupnp
fuse
ncftp
gdm
%end

---------- Post added at 12:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 AM ----------

Just to clarify, I want to mount /dev/md0 as /home, but not have it re-partitioned or formatted. Should I change the ks.cfg?

#part raid.008097 --onpart=sdg1 --noformat
#part raid.008081 --onpart=sdf1 --noformat
#part raid.008065 --onpart=sde1 --noformat
#part raid.008049 --onpart=sdd1 --noformat
#part raid.008033 --onpart=sdc1 --noformat
#part raid.008017 --onpart=sdb1 --noformat
#raid /home --fstype=ext4 --level=6 --device=md0 --useexisting --noformat raid.008081 raid.008097 raid.008017 raid.008033 raid.008049 raid.008065

I removed the # because this way it looks to me like it won't be mounted ....

[AdamW]

I haven't used a RAID setup via kickstart before, but at a guess, you'd want to uncomment all the other partitioning-related lines too.

[seabird]

Yes, that was my first guess, but that gave me the error saying no pre-exsisting md0 ....

Afraid the automated setup will break my raid (and with it all my documents etc). Can I do "semi-automatic". Everything except the partitioning? Do that manually?

Also, what is the way to burn one fedora disc and edit the ks.cfg to usb so I don't have to create coasters all the time

---------- Post added at 10:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

or even better, on my md0 raid layout!!!!

---------- Post added at 11:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

Maybe this is what is going wrong ...... http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common...tart-clearpart