From below: I get a consistent build with any of the three OS every time. Is Kickstart a mechanism to build (from source) an EL8 image that is then bootable and installable? My understanding is that using Kickstart, one could arrange for the appropriate disk partitions (including those such as /home or /opt that should not be touched by any new install, merely made accessible under the new OS), and the installation of the new release RPMs into the new target OS (e.g., generate a kickstart in SL7 and then modify that kickstart 7 using the RL described application to kickstart 8 that would correctly install, say, AlmaLinux 8, from the "binary executable" RPMs, not SRPMs) without the issues that have been described for the current EL8 production Anaconda. Am I missing something? On 5/6/21 7:22 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: > On 5/6/21 7:43 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: >> From the Proofpoint URL (that Mozilla Thunderbird Bluhell reports as >> a "click through") and that translates to: >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_documentation_en-2Dus_red-5Fhat-5Fenterprise-5Flinux_8_html-2Dsingle_performing-5Fan-5Fadvanced-5Frhel-5Finstallation_index-23bht.cd562e2a-2Dc743-2D442e-2Dafea-2D4a0a644b567a.7&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=5QVvunZPOpisz1tvqpaD8tJ-w5kUxQOjP4riwIx6tEw&s=-dkcAFjruac91EaDXEXWhcqs545EJhktibPpjkyNOvs&e= >> >> Converting a RHEL 7 Kickstart file for RHEL 8 installation >> >> You can use the Kickstart Converter tool to convert a RHEL 7 Kickstart >> file for use in a new RHEL 8 installation. For more information about >> the tool and how to use it to convert a RHEL 7 Kickstart file, see >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_labs_kickstartconvert_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=5QVvunZPOpisz1tvqpaD8tJ-w5kUxQOjP4riwIx6tEw&s=dbbJeNHpQdBEpbXgURXhMZHJztbOwgAw86LhRHjLl1o&e= >> >> End excerpt. >> >> Presumably, those who have a working SL 7 could use the above >> technique to create the Kickstart install for UDEL8 (UD -- Unspecified >> Distribution). Has anyone tried it? Does it work? > > I have taken SL7 kickstarts, modified them, and then used them with > minimal changes on Rocky, Alma, and CentOS. In fact, my test system I > switch between all three with a single kickstart that I just switch by > commenting out the `url` line I don't want and uncommenting the `url` > like that I do. It's that easy. I get a consistent build with any of the > three OS every time. > > ~Stack~
