Kickstart fails with "Pane is dead"
Posted: 19. Jul 2016, 19:41
Hi,
Let me state first that I posted this query originally on the Oracle Linux discussion forum and the consensus seemed to be that this is a VM, rather than a Kickstart, related issue. I tweaked the following accordingly having investigated missing %end, proxy/h ttps and stale yum data suggestions.
Having successfully used Kickstart to install OEL 7.1 on physical machines I am now attempting to use the same method/configuration applied to a VM created and managed in VirtualBox. During the automated Kickstart process it appears to read the .cfg file OK but then freezes, and I cannot get to any of the virtual terminals.
So I try for a simple install by removing "inst.ks" from the boot line and adding "inst.text" giving:
I have obfusticated inst.stage2 because the forum rejects me as newbie including a UR L (even the word UR L), but this part of the install works fine
Now in the text based, interactive installer selecting "Use text mode" I can start filling in required data. However the client displays the message "Pane is dead" shortly after attempting to gather information from the install source. After that I can longer interact with installer. I assume this is a similar condition to when running graphical install, though can get to the shell now (Alt-F2). Nothing is apparently wrong according to log files. Looking on the web I can see that the "Pane is dead" message is often caused by missing %end in the cfg file. I know I can rule that out because the error occurs without a cfg present, with a basic cfg file, and both cfg file works happily with physical clients.
Whether the source is manually entered or part of the cfg file, it locks up, and occurs with a web based or DVD based source of packages. Including an invalid path for package source gets an appropriate error message from where you try and correct the 'mistake'.
Does anyone have any suggestion about what else I could try\investigate to solve this problem?
The VM host? Dell XPS27 successfully itself installed using the identical network Kickstart process/configuration.
In VirtualBox I have retained the defaults except to change the boot order, increasing number of cores and changing the network adapter type all to no avail.
TIA
Let me state first that I posted this query originally on the Oracle Linux discussion forum and the consensus seemed to be that this is a VM, rather than a Kickstart, related issue. I tweaked the following accordingly having investigated missing %end, proxy/h ttps and stale yum data suggestions.
Having successfully used Kickstart to install OEL 7.1 on physical machines I am now attempting to use the same method/configuration applied to a VM created and managed in VirtualBox. During the automated Kickstart process it appears to read the .cfg file OK but then freezes, and I cannot get to any of the virtual terminals.
So I try for a simple install by removing "inst.ks" from the boot line and adding "inst.text" giving:
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images/ol7/vmlinuz initrd=images/ol7/initrd.img inst.stage2=xxxx//nn.nn.nn.nn/oraclelinux inst.textNow in the text based, interactive installer selecting "Use text mode" I can start filling in required data. However the client displays the message "Pane is dead" shortly after attempting to gather information from the install source. After that I can longer interact with installer. I assume this is a similar condition to when running graphical install, though can get to the shell now (Alt-F2). Nothing is apparently wrong according to log files. Looking on the web I can see that the "Pane is dead" message is often caused by missing %end in the cfg file. I know I can rule that out because the error occurs without a cfg present, with a basic cfg file, and both cfg file works happily with physical clients.
Whether the source is manually entered or part of the cfg file, it locks up, and occurs with a web based or DVD based source of packages. Including an invalid path for package source gets an appropriate error message from where you try and correct the 'mistake'.
Does anyone have any suggestion about what else I could try\investigate to solve this problem?
The VM host? Dell XPS27 successfully itself installed using the identical network Kickstart process/configuration.
In VirtualBox I have retained the defaults except to change the boot order, increasing number of cores and changing the network adapter type all to no avail.
TIA