Greetings,
This is my first post to the list and I checked the archives, so if I missed
the answer to my following question, please let me know.
I am attempting to use kickstart from a CDROM. This works very well in fact,
but I also need to prompt the user for their network configuration rather
than specifying it, or leaving it for later configuration after the
installation has completed and the system has rebooted.
So far, I have done the following:
Modified kickstart.py and commented out the dispatch.skipStep("network") line
near line 903 or so.
Downloaded anaconda source and recompiled and re-installed with the
DESTDIR=/
Tested this in-place with the provided anaconda script as follows:
./anaconda --test --text --kickstart=ks.cfg --method=cdrom://u1/u1/rh_discs/disc1
The actual installation from above does not work, but I am able to quickly
realize any changes I have made to kickstart.py, or even textw/network_text.py.
Doing this works - the test runs fine. However, when I issue 'buildinstall'
with the proper options, it works great, produces the images, but the changes
I make do not seem to actually make it onto the newly-created images. I do
replace the requisite images on my ISO layout with the new ones, but again,
the changes never make it! I have a feeling I am missing something obvious
here. I have re-compiled anaconda many times with many different variations,
all ultimately to no avail. If anyone could provide assistance, I would
greatly appreciate it.
I also managed to get the password dialog to appear. By omitting any password
options in ks.cfg, the installation brings up the dialog, which is a good thing
and is completely against the published documentation...too bad the network
options are not so flexible :)
This is a 7.2 machine with anaconda-7.2 (src, runtime, etc.). I have also
installed the following:
dietlibc-0.15-2
popt-1.6.4-7x.9.1
pump-devel-0.8.11-8
pychecker-0.8.10-1.noarch
busybox-0.60.2-5
busybox-anaconda-0.60.2-5
anaconda-7.2-7 & .src
anaconda-runtime-7.2-7
Any help would be most appreciated!!
Thanks!
-brad
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Brad Doctor, CISSP
