Re: [unattended installation] Intro, vent, question

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 02:21:41PM -0500, Jerry Amundson wrote:
>> So now, more of my time is required to shoehorn in a custom anaconda
>> package for F20 to accomplish what I need, and I'm darn unhappy about
>> it.
>> Thanks for listening,
>
> Hi Jerry. Happy to listen. Remember that Fedora is a community project, and
> that some code paths don't get well tested if no one in the community is
> using them. Apparently that's the case here -- I know that from my
> experience, kickstart over the network is pretty normal.
>
> For shoehorning in the update, take a look at this:
>
>   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates
>
> Basically, you can provide an "updates.img" at runtime to fix your issue. At
> least, I hope so -- the network problem might be a special case, but it's
> worth trying.

That's exactly what I needed!
I'd seen it before, but never went to the page as I assumed it was for
rpm updates to other packages.
Yes, it works even in the network case...

> I think it's pretty awesome that you're using Fedora in your product. It
> might be worth your time in future releases to help test functions that are
> critical to you in each new Fedora, even if you're not rebasing your product
> to that.

I'll do that. Thanks again, this response was perfect.

jerry

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