<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Hi Ubuntu Team,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
We are using Physical server and are in process of Automated “ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64” OS  installation on it.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
There are two HDD for OS installation purpose and there are RAID1 relation between them. This setup has been done through BIOS.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
The kickstart configuration file looks like this:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Generated by Kickstart Configurator</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
#platform=AMD64 or Intel EM64T</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#System language</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">lang en_US</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Language modules to install</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">langsupport en_US</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#System keyboard</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
keyboard us</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#System mouse</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">mouse</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
#System timezone</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">timezone Asia/Dili</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Root password</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">rootpw --iscrypted $1$Yl1QJyta$KzIT.kq3i9E5XaiQKcUJn/</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
#Initial user</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">user ankit --fullname "Ankit" --iscrypted --password $1$c6Yflpea$pi1QQ59/jgywmGwBv25z3/</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
#Reboot after installation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">reboot</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Use text mode install</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">text</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Install OS instead of upgrade</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
install</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Use Web installation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">url --url <a href="http://10.10.2.14:8080/dist/ubuntu12" target="_blank">http://10.10.2.14:8080/dist/ubuntu12</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">#System bootloader configuration</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="background:yellow">bootloader --location=mbr</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">#Clear the Master Boot Record</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">zerombr yes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="background:yellow">#Partition clearing information</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">clearpart --all --initlabel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">#Disk partitioning information</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="background:yellow">part /boot --fstype ext4 --size 100 --ondisk sda</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">part / --fstype ext4 --size 10000 --ondisk sda</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="background:yellow">part /var --fstype ext4 --size 10000 --ondisk sda</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="background:yellow">part swap --size 1024 --ondisk sdb</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#System authorization infomation</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Network information</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#Firewall configuration</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
firewall --enabled --trust=eth0 --http --ftp --ssh --telnet --smtp</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">#X Window System configuration information</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
xconfig --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --defaultdesktop=GNOME</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
But I am getting the below error : "No root file system is defined"</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Please suggest on this. Do we need to do any modification in kickstart configuration file.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
Any help in this regard will be very helpful for us.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The automated Ubuntu OS installation is successful in Virtual Machine(VM) with the above ks.cfg (kickstart configuration file ) but failing in case of physical machine.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Please suggest on this and if possible provide the new ks.cfg file to resolve above problem.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Thanks & Regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
Rajesh Prasad</p></div>