Kickstart Config file not working on the exam

ShepK · 09-04-2018, 12:44 PM

I had issues with the installation of a vm. I suspect that there were issues with the kickstart configuration file. I did these exact steps as taught by the self-paced red hat training and it did not work:

Open the virtual machine console and start a Kickstart installation of the virtual machine. - Once the virtual machine has started and the console button becomes available, click the active console button to start the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation. Accept the opening of the console.vv file using Remote Viewer by clicking the OK button. - Highlight Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and press the Tab key to edit the installer options. - The editor should open with the cursor automatically positioned at the end of the existing kernel arguments. At the end of the kernel command line, add a space and the argument inst.ks=http://materials.example.com/small.cfg to specify the location of your Kickstart file. - Press Enter to start the Kickstart installation of the virtual machine.

These steps didn't work. Am I missing something here?

berndbausch · 09-04-2018, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ShepK

These steps didn't work. Am I missing something here?

It would help if you described which steps didn't work in which way. E.g. error messages, or GUI buttons not present, etc.

michaelk · 09-04-2018, 08:12 PM

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inst.ks=http://materials.example.com/small.cfg

I assume that materials.example.com is an example and not an actual online site. You would replace it with an appropriate URL of a running server with the kickstart file.

ShepK · 09-05-2018, 01:55 PM

Okay should I store the file on my rhvm server or the workstation I am working from?

michaelk · 09-05-2018, 04:39 PM

I forgot to mention that you also need to specify the IP address of your VM. Yes, if you RHVM server is configured for the intended kickstart install protocol i.e. http, ftp etc. Have you read the documentation?

https://access.redhat.com/documentat...ickstart-howto

Bryansom · 09-17-2018, 09:36 PM

When I click Places>Desktop I get this:

Could not open location file:///home/stjepan/Desktop
There is no default action associated with this location.

Of course it cant open location because theres file://. How to fix this?

berndbausch · 09-18-2018, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryansom

When I click Places>Desktop I get this:

Could not open location file:///home/stjepan/Desktop
There is no default action associated with this location.

Of course it cant open location because theres file://. How to fix this?

Your problem is unrelated to the subject of this thread. I suggest you create a new thread rather than replying here.