On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 08:24:20PM -0800, Jon wrote: > On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 17:55 -0700, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 02:55:11PM -0800, jonr@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > Hello List, > > > > > > I have been trying to find an example of a working kickstart using iscsi > > > disks as the install disks but cannot find one. Every iteration of using > > > iscsi in my ks file has failed miserably this far. > > > > > > Can someone point me in the right direction, preferably a good doc that > > > has this information in it already? > > > > > > Thank you for any advicoe, > > > > > > > Does your kernel boot... can you get to a console and explore? > > > > Do you know that there is an iscsi driver in the active kernel you are > > installing with. Are you using host names or IP addresses, routers, netmask... > > dhcp, > > > > Is the iscsi device a linux system or 'other'. > > > > Can you boot with a CD/DVD with the askmethod flag and make any progress? > > Some of the host name, IP address, generic network issues can be tested > > and if needed solved with a web server (http) or NFS method. NFS could > > 'look' a lot like iscsi in terms of path names etc.... > > > Thanks for the reply Tom, I am not having network issues. I just don't > know what the config line is for specifying the install to use iscsi > disks. Also, at what point should it be in the kickstart file? Are there > any other options that need to be changed to make this work? This is the > disk portion of the file: > > Does the iscsi stanza come before or after the zerombr option? Is this > the right way to use an iscsi device inside of the kickstart file? > > iscsi --ipaddr=192.168.4.20 --target > iqn.2009-09.com.mydomain:storage.lun1 --port 3260 > > zerombr > clearpart --all --drives=xvda --initlabel > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 > part pv.00 --grow --size=1 > volgroup hostvg pv.00 > logvol / --fstype xfs --name=lvroot --vgname=hostvg --size=1024 > logvol /home --fstype xfs --name=lvhome --vgname=hostvg --size=1024 > logvol /tmp --fstype xfs --name=lvtmp --vgname=hostvg --size=1024 > logvol /usr --fstype xfs --name=lvusr --vgname=hostvg --size=4192 > logvol /var --fstype xfs --name=lvvar --vgname=hostvg --size=1024 > logvol swap --name=lvswap --vgname=hostvg --grow --size=560 > --maxsize=1120 > > I am at a loss as to what I am doing wrong. I can mount the iscsi disks > without a problem by using the iscsiadm command and mount and r/w to the > device. So I know that it is accessible and permissions are right along > with firewall. Have you attempted a %pre script that issues the iscsiadm commands and mounts the devices? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
