As some of us know, when doing a CD-based kickstart, anaconda will not
prompt you for network information, even if you leave the network line
blank, empty, etc. After some digging, I came up with a solution.
First thing you need to do is modify the stage2.img on the CD..
copy stage2.img to /tmp
mkdir /mnt/img
mount -o loop /tmp/stage2.img /mnt/img
cd /mnt/img
tar cvf /tmp/stage2.tar .
cd /tmp
mkdir stage2
cd stage2
tar xvf /tmp/stage2.tar
now with your editor, open up /tmp/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py
Look for the line:
dispatch.skipStep("network")
change it to :
#dispatch.skipStep("network")
save the file.
cd /tmp
run cramfs to generate the new stage2.img
mkcramfs stage2/ stage2.img
Now copy the stage2.img back into the directory tree you used to burn the
CD.
Have fun.
James
James S. Martin, RHCE
Contractor
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Washington, DC
(202) 502-2394
