On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:54:18 +0200 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > stan wrote: > > I installed F11 x86_64 from the DVD. I did a minimal install using > > only the base and development groups because I have several thousand > > extra packages I like to install. Usually I do them via script, but > > decided to try something different this time around in order to make > > the process faster. I had heard about pungi and kickstart, and they > > sounded like the way to go. > > Well, you can use the original DVD with a classic kickstart file > which just tells Anaconda what to install from the DVD. You don't > have to spin your own DVD. > > Kevin Kofler > That was the whole point of the exercise though. Many of the packages I install aren't on the DVD, so I wanted to create a 'DVD' that had them on, even though it was just an iso on the hard drive, and automatically install all of them. And then do what you said, though I'm not sure how to do what you said, 'use the original DVD with a classic kickstart file'. It's like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle. I've read several descriptions on the web and the Fedora website, and I'm still not clear *how* the kickstart file is invoked. It must be so obvious that no one makes note of it. By reading the anaconda code I found that the variable ks='some_kickstart_file' passed to anaconda invokes it, but not *how* that gets into the DVD. As I said, I'm missing something obvious here. I want to do the install like an admin would if he or she was to do it on a machine on the network, but I want to redo it on the current machine. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
