Sure, you can put it into the initrd, if you do this you'll need to change the isolinux.cfg as ks=file:/ks.cfg (being / of initrd). You can also put it into CD-ROM image before you make the .iso. In this case you'd use ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg or some other location you like on the CD. Shawn. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:20 PM To: Shawn Starr Cc: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Default for ks=cdrom So it needs to go in "/" in initrd.img? Is that what I'm understanding? -Philip Shawn Starr wrote: > The kickstart file is only found once the initrd is first loaded via isolinux, so this is after the isolinux stuff has over to the initrd, by passing the ks=cdrom option the loader will check the CD/DVD once its mounted inside Linux for ks.cfg in /. > > Files found in isolinux are not visible to Linux as they are a different CD layer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:39 PM > To: Shawn Starr > Cc: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Default for ks=cdrom > > > Ok, I've only been working on writing Kickstart images for a couple of > days now, > so... what is / mapped to? The isolinux.img filesystem? Is that where > you're > saying the ks.cfg needs to be? > > Repacking the isolinux.img is (for me, anyway) a fair amount of work > that's best > avoided... I'd just as soon have the default location for the file be > /mnt/source/ks.cfg > or /mnt/source/isolinux/ks.cfg ... > > Am I alone in this? > > -Philip > > Shawn Starr wrote: > >> I thought it tries the toplevel '/' by default. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip >> Prindeville >> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:03 PM >> To: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Default for ks=cdrom >> >> >> Forgot to ask... When one specifies "ks=cdrom" with no path, >> where does Anaconda end up looking? In the CD's root, or in >> isolinux? Or what? >> >> Should this be more explicitly documented? >> >> -Philip >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Anaconda-devel-list mailing list >> Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list >> >> > >
