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I was trying to deploy CentOS from PXE with an install directory extracted from latest iso (1611). Install failed (with or without kickstart) because of microcode_ctl package, after some researches I found out there is updated rpm that fix the problem.

My problem is : I don't know how to update the rpm in my install folder and keep CentOS installer work

Here is what I tried based on my research :

  • Download the Packages and repodata folders and try to update with 

    createrepo ./Packages

    and update repodata on server with new files, didn't work because no group

  • Same but with groups from the *x86_64-comps.xml file

    createrepo -dpo . ./Packages -g /path/to/*-x86_64-comps.xml

  • Same with --checksum sha parameter

For the 2 last methods I have "Error populating transaction" and "No more mirrors to try" errors at the first package it try to install.

Obviously it means I did something wrong and the installer can't locate the packages anymore, but I don't find what to do. Any help or hints would be appreciated, Thanks.

Wddysr
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I would not mess with the initial installation tree. Instead I would provide a second yum repository for important updates/drivers and use the following parameter in the kickstart file:

repo --name=repoid [--baseurl=<url>|--mirrorlist=url] [options]

microcode_ctl issues are often due to unsupported server hardware (either too old, or not yet certified for the given CentOS/RHEL release).

Minimal kickstart example:

install
url --url=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/
repo --name=updates--baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/x86_64/

lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard de
network --onboot yes --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --ipv6 auto
rootpw secret
firewall --service=ssh
authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
selinux --enforcing
timezone --utc Europe/Berlin
bootloader --location=mbr
text
skipx
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
autopart
firstboot --disabled
reboot

%packages
@base
@core
%end
Reiner Rottmann
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  • Not sure how to do this properly, is there a way to use this : [http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/x86_64/](http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/x86_64/) ? – Wddysr Jun 23 '17 at 09:40
  • Thanks for your update, but I still don't understand what's wrong with my config : [https://pastebin.com/3bvHC6hS](https://pastebin.com/3bvHC6hS) (It says that installation source is not setup) – Wddysr Jun 23 '17 at 13:17
  • Hum... Somebody gave me a method to bypass the crash during the install : Retry the install until it works. And it did work after between 10 to 20 install... Thank you anyway ! – Wddysr Jun 23 '17 at 14:22
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I solved it by setting up the network and host name at the bottom of the installation summary page. it was a pre-requisite (not automatic) and I didn't notice the obvious Alert at the bottom of the page!!

Troy Piersma
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