Re: CDROM install with kickstart script and %post section.

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> How to use a third CD for customization under %post section of kickstart 
> script.
> 
> I started using ks on network pxe installs.  I'd nfs mount an install
> directory off the pxe/dhcp server to further customize and explode 
> tarballs off of.
> 
> When running off the install CD's the system has the  cd in-use so I 
> can't dismount it.
> 
> Somebody must have gone through this exercise.
> 
> I know that other solutions might be possible - i.e. building the links 
>   into the first or second install cds - But, I want to keep the same 
> structure (directory hierachy, and ks scripts) as a net install.
> 
> Then I can support laptops and remote systems (boxes set up  outside the 
>   range of our pxe/dhcp/kickstart server)
> 
> I have seen info on a DVD install - That might work - as all our 
> machines come with DVD's  - still like to stick to CDs.


Put the install scripts & such on ALL cds;-)

Or put them on the first, and copy then in %pre (not to the install disk, it 
hasn't been formatted yet).


I've only used ks for network installs, but it seems to me both of these should 
work.
-- 
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John Summerfield

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