Hi Jerry, I've tried the LABEL= option but it did not work. Thanks again for your suggestion, but the version of Anaconda I am using (11.1.2.113-1) does not seem to support the LABEL= option. Anaconda just complains that it cannot find the kickstart file when I use the LABEL= option. Also, it seems that the LABEL= option is not supported for the install method either as when I manually tell Anaconda where the kickstart file is located it then proceeds to prompt me for the install method, seemingly ignoring the method=hd:LABEL="name"/<dir> option I gave it. I assume this is because I am using an older version of Anaconda. I have read a few brief comments about improved options support and about the concept of a "protected partition" in the later versions of Anaconda, but I think I need something very recent (e.g. F8, F9) to get access to these options. I suppose I could always try to backport the options via the Anaconda updates method. That might be worth a try, but I would be getting into unknown territory there as I am no python programmer. If I was I would just work my way thorough the source for Anaconda and answer my own questions instead of bothering you good folks :-) For now I intend to follow up on the suggestion by Niels de Vos, and I suppose I should investigate the possibility of using the Anaconda updates method to get access to the LABEL= option support. A little lateral thinking about the problem couldn't go astray either. Regards, Matt ----------------------- Original Message ----------------------- From: Jerry Vonau <jvonau@xxxxxxx> To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat Linux Installer <anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:15:24 -0500 Subject: Re: Can the install method be contained within a kickstart file that is referenced via a %include option Matthew Richards wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a whirl. > > One question that springs to mind , do you know if identifying the USB drive > via its label (which is how I am identifying it in my %pre script > coincidentally) will prevent Anaconda from seeing the USB drive as a viable > install target? Think the usb drive becomes a "protected partition", and thus becomes unavailable as an install target. > Do you think I should also include an option of (ignoredisk > --drives=LABEL="name") in the kickstart file, and is that syntax even > supported? > Not sure, I just tried the LABEL=drive trick last week, to my surprise it worked straight away with F9. Sorry I don't recall if the usb-drive showed up while partitioning. Jerry _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
