QA:Testcase kickstart partial

Associated release criterion
This test case is associated with the Fedora_45_Beta_Release_Criteria#kickstart-delivery release criterion. If you are doing release validation testing, a failure of this test case may be a breach of that release criterion. If so, please file a bug and nominate it as blocking the appropriate milestone, using the blocker bug nomination page.

Associated release criterion
This test case is associated with the Fedora_45_Beta_Release_Criteria#scripted-installation release criterion. If you are doing release validation testing, a failure of this test case may be a breach of that release criterion. If so, please file a bug and nominate it as blocking the appropriate milestone, using the blocker bug nomination page.

Description

This test case tests whether installation with a partially-complete kickstart works correctly.

Setup

1. Prepare a valid kickstart file.
   • You can use an example kickstart from here:

     https://fedorapeople.org/groups/qa/kickstarts/example-partial.ks

     This will install a minimal installation from the Internet repos. It omits storage configuration, so you can configure it to your needs. The root password of the installed system will be fedora.
   • If you want to create your own kickstart, you can examine the file /root/anaconda-ks.cfg on a previously installed system. This file contains the kickstart instructions used to install that system. For additional guidance on kickstart syntax, see Anaconda/Kickstart. Ensure you omit some required element, e.g. storage or package selection.
2. Copy the kickstart file to a publicly-accessible place on your HTTP host (or use the example one provided above).

How to test

1. Boot the system and add a inst.ks=url argument to the boot command line. Example:

   inst.ks=https://server.tld/path/to/your/ks.cfg

Expected Results

1. The kickstart file should be successfully obtained from the specified location.
2. The installer should honor the commands provided in the kickstart file - if using the example file provided, you should not need to select a keyboard layout, language, timezone, or set a root password.
3. The installer should prompt or require you to interactively select the package set to be installed, before you can complete the installation process. The installation process should not run unattended. With the example kickstart, you should be required to interactively configure storage (partitioning) before the install can proceed.