On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Andrew Rechenberg Lists wrote:
> > Take a look at setInstallData() in kickstart.py.
> > self.readKickstart() gets called twice, once before %pre and
> > once after (or at least it does so in RHEL 3).
>
> The kickstart.py in RedHat/instimg/usr/lib/anaconda on a RHEL2.1ASU5
> disc only calls self.readKickstart() once :\ I guess I could patch my
> kickstart.py to read it twice. I'll check that file on 3 or later and
> modify mine accordingly to see if that works :)
Stop using a distro which is a couple years old. (:
> > > In my ks.cfg I have "network --bootproto dhcp --device
> > eth0" and then
> > > in the %pre section I prompt for network configuration
> > information and
> > > then use sed to change the "network" line, redirect the output to a
> > > temporary file and then copy this temp file back to /tmp/ks.cfg.
> >
> > Why not take the network setting out of your kickstart file
> > and have anaconda prompt for it with it's own network screen?
> From what I've read in other threads, when doing a CDROM-based kickstart
> on distros before RHEL3, anaconda doesn't care if "network" is missing
> and uses DHCP automatically and doesn't prompt. I can certainly try it
> though :) I'll try that first since I don't have to mess with modifying
> anaconda.
If that's happening, take a look through kickstart.py for something that
looks like 'dispatch.skipStep("network")' and comment it out (it's
probably in setSteps()).
--Patrick.
