Kickstart on VMWare

[wsmoud]

I'm running kickstart embedded in the dvd. it starts the anaconda graphical and then bombs.

here's my environment:
VMware
4disk
sda= 50G
sdb=161
sdc=161
sdd=161

sdb, sdc, sdd will be 1 VG for data only

the kickstart is below the errors and dmesg for drives. any ideas? need more info?

WARNING - Error code 32512 encountered running a kickstart %pre/%prost script
All kickstart %pre scripts(s) have been run
Could not probe monitor, and no fallback specified.
falling back to generic VGA monitor



File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1135, in ?
instClass.setInstallData(id)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1443, in setInstallData
self.readKickstart(id, self.file)
File "/usr/libe/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 787, in readKickstart
where = self.readKickstart(id, args[1], where = where)
File "usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 738, in readKickstart
for n in open(file).readlines():
IOError: [Errno 2] No such File or directory: '/tmp/partinfo'

########## DMESG ############

[rootmspldb10 ~]# dmesg |grep sd
SCSI device sda: 104857600 512-byte hdwr sectors (53687 MB)
sda: cache data unavailable
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 104857600 512-byte hdwr sectors (53687 MB)
sda: cache data unavailable
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1 sda2
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sdb: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdb: cache data unavailable
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdb: cache data unavailable
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
SCSI device sdc: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdc: cache data unavailable
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdc: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdc: cache data unavailable
sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1
Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
SCSI device sdd: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdd: cache data unavailable
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 314572800 512-byte hdwr sectors (161061 MB)
sdd: cache data unavailable
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
sdd: sdd1


################################################## ###############
#
# Kickstart installation file for servers
#
# Version: 32bit
#
# WARNING: This kickstart file is only applicable to the 32bit
# #
################################################## ###############

### What to do install or upgrade ###############################
install
################################################## ###############

cdrom

### Installation Language #######################################
lang en_US.UTF-8
################################################## ###############

### Installed Languages #########################################
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
################################################## ###############

### Keyboard Configuration will get set to 'us' by default ######
### if nothing is specified in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard ######
keyboard us
################################################## ###############

### Mouse Configuration #########################################
### Will only setup 3 types of mice ######
### generic - 2-button serial ######
### genericps/2 - 2-button ps/2 ######
### msintellips/2 - MS Intellimouse ######
### All three can be setup with or without 3-button ######
### emulation ######
### Run 'mouseconfig --help' in order to see other ######
### supported mouse type and make appropriate change ######
### NOTE: You will need to run 'mouseconfig' manually ######
### after installation if you have a non-ps/2 mouse ######
### and are installing X, as a ps/2 mouse is setup ######
### by default ######
#mouse generic --device ttyS0
#mouse generic3ps/2
################################################## ###############

### X Configuration #############################################
### You may wish to run Xconfigurator manually after ######
### installing the system with the follwing line ######
#skipx
################################################## ###############
### You can uncomment and modify this line if you know the ######
### X configuration for your system ######
### for example xconfig --card "ATI Mach64" --videoram 8192 --hsync 30.0-68.0 --vsync 50.0-120.0 --resolution 1024x768 --depth 16
### ######
xconfig --resolution 800x600 --depth 16 --defaultdesktop gnome
################################################## ###############

### Network Configuration #######################################
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
################################################## ###############


### Root Password is set to default ###################
################################################## ###############

### Firewall Configuration ######################################
### options are high, medium, enabled and disabled ######
firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
################################################## ###############

### Will SELinux security contexts be enforced ##################
selinux --enforcing
################################################## ###############

### Authorization Configuration #################################
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
################################################## ###############

### Time Zone Configuration #####################################
### Will get set to 'US/Eastern' if ZONE is missing
### from /etc/sysconfig/clock or if file is missing entirely
timezone America/Chicago
################################################## ###############

### Boot Loader Configuration ###################################
### GRUB is default bootloader
#bootloader --location=mbr --append hdd=ide-scsi --password=GRUBpasswd
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
################################################## ###############

%include /tmp/partinfo

################################################## ###############

### Reboot system after the installation is complete ####################
#reboot
################################################## #######################


### Include the contents of another file in the kickstart ################

### Commands to be run post-installation #################################
%post
echo "Kickstart installation" > /tmp/message
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
/usr/sbin/alternatives --remove mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
################################################## ########################


%include /tmp/partinfo


################################################## ###############
# Package designation

%packages --resolvedeps

admin-tools
base-x
compat-arch-support
development-tools
dialup
editors
emacs
graphical-internet
gnome-desktop
legacy-software-development
mail-server
printing
smb-server
server-cfg

################################################## ###############
### Commands to be run post-installation #################################
%post
echo "Kickstart installation" > /tmp/message
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
/usr/sbin/alternatives --remove mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
################################################## ########################
### Gather the partitioning information ##################################
%pre
#!/bin/sh

echo "
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=300 --ondisk=sda
part pv.100000 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
part pv.100001 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb
part pv.100002 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdc
part pv.100003 --noformat --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdd

zerombr yes
clearpart --all --initlabel
volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.100000
volgroup VolGroup01 --pesize=32768 pv.100001 pv.100002 pv.100003

logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=8000
logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1 --grow
logvol /var --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol02 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1 --grow
logvol /opt --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol03 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=20000
logvol /tmp --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol04 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024
logvol /usr --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol05 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=8000
logvol /home --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol06 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=20000

logvol /u06 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol07 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=1 --grow
logvol /u01 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol08 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=32000
logvol /u02 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol09 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=128000
logvol /u03 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol10 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=4000
logvol /u04 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol11 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=4000
logvol /u05 --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol12 --vgname=VolGroup01 --size=4000
" > /tmp/partinfo

################################################## ###############

[coopstah13]

Google : kickstart error 32512

results:
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[wsmoud]

Thanks Coopstah13

I beleive my problem lies in spanning multiple disks in VM. I did see research that link on gurgle earlier. My packages are intact and it works fine on a single volume.

[wsmoud]

Anyone??? Bueller, Bueller?

[coopstah13]

I've configured LVM setups using multiple disks in ESX3.5 for a single vm, so I wouldn't think that is the problem

No one may have answered your problem because it is fairly complex and specialized, not because they don't want to help

[wsmoud]

I've configured LVM setups using multiple disks in ESX3.5 for a single vm, so I wouldn't think that is the problem

No one may have answered your problem because it is fairly complex and specialized, not because they don't want to help

I know, I'm just joking around. Should have thrown a smiley in there so everyone
knows that I'm just messing around

But I've come to the conclusion that disks can't be spanned by a kickstart. That can only be performed post install. The customer will not serve up the Disk space due to VM best practices. Stupid limits & quotas.