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System installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and others. Closely related to kickstart.

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How can additional routes be added to anaconda kickstart?

I frequently build centos7 servers and have a few special networking requirements. For example, I may want to use nameservers or repositories in private ranges that can't be reached via my normal subnet or default gateway. Imagine a kickstart with…
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How to assure the same MAC address is used to bond interfaces using anaconda kickstart installer?

I observerd that the bond0 interface I create at install time may randomly use the MAC address of the first or second interface. This is causing problems because it means that the ARP information of the server would not be consistent. I want to…
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uwsgi with flask and python3 conda environment is loading python2 instead

I'm trying to run a python3 flask web application with uwsgi. If I run /usr/bin/uwsgi --ini /var/www/QCQuan/uwsgi_config.ini --logto /tmp/log then uwsgi fails and the log file shows: Python version: 2.7.15rc1 (default, Apr 15 2018, 21:51:34) [GCC…
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semi automated kick start in centos7

I want to have semi automated kick start where option already made default in kick start file should not be editable by user i.e if i have by default made values for timezone language and other user should not able to modify this value and user can…
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Prevent from installing open-vm-tools-desktop / @platform-vmware on EL 7

When installing RHEL 7/CentOS 7 as a VMware ESX guest, the installer (Anaconda) automatically detects the virtualization host, then install the appropriate tools (open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop, also known as the VMware Tools). [for those…
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Can I delete anaconda-ks.cfg and openscap_data from root folder?

I just noticed that after every fresh CentOS 7 (7.2) installation I perform, there are two files created in the root folder (/root): openscap_data folder anaconda-ks.cfg file As far as I understand the openscap_scanner is a vulnerability scanner…
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Blank log file if %post contains back tick or command substitution

In building a custom USB installer for Centos6.6 (not easy) I found that if the %post section of the kickstart file has backticks Anaconda completes, but exits immediately to a blank screen (no video output), Normally it exits with a message saying…
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CentOS VM: Determine whether Anaconda has completed

I'm using VSphere to spin up a series of virtual machines with CentOS 6.5 as the OS. I'd like to be able to tell, in a bash script, once the OS installation has completed. I've tried using ping, but that returns true while Anaconda is still…
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Spacewalk Anaconda Pxe Boot Issue - Kernel Version 3.10... requires linux-firmware 20140911

I'm working with a Spacewalk deployment and have gotten around to the point where I'm looking to boot via pxe using a kickstart file. I've mounted an iso onto the disk using mount -o loop and have created a distro pointing at the mounted iso within…
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Tested kickstart file baulks in Centos 7

Tried kickstarting CENTOS 7 and got an unexpected message. The kickstart file has worked with 5 and 6 prior. Something has changed. Has anyone run into this? Installation 1) [x] Timezone settings 2) [x] Installation source …
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Setup kickstart boot for all installation media types (cd and usb-flash)

I created own custom CentOS iso. I used mkisofs make it. This is part of my isolinux.cfg file: label vesa menu label Install ^RAIDIX system kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img xdriver=vesa nomodeset text linux…
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kickstart: reference floppy drive via %ksappend or %include

Having trouble getting %ksappend or %include to work when referencing a local floppy drive. Booting off remote server's cd-rom drive I am able to load the CentOS 6 minimal install image, and then add ks=hd:fd0/ks-jvm.cfg to boot params to load…
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Identify the SCSI module used by EL6's anaconda installer?

I'm attempting to install CentOS 6 on an older Dell Poweredge 800 server. It has an Intel RAID SRCS14L controller, with a RAID 5 logical volume presented. I have no problems with CentOS 5.x's anaconda recognizing the device, but CentOS 6's anaconda…
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Customize Red Hat installation - /mnt/runtime directory

I am installing a RHEL 5.5. I have seen one DVD that have a complex %pre script in ks.cfg and it used some customized python scripts in /mnt/runtime. It's cool and I wish to customize installation like that. I believe /mnt/runtime and its files are…
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RHEL5 Bootable Kickstart DVD - Anaconda ignores my ks.cfg

I have created a kickstart file, ks.cfg, which I wish to package with the RHEL5 install DVD. I extracted all the files from the DVD to a working directory '/root/cd': cp -a /media/RHEL* /root/cd/ I also copied the ".discinfo" file when I realized…
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