RE: >really< hands-off install

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Put reboot in your ks.cfg file (before the %packages section).  I have this:

...
# Partitions
...

# Install or upgrade
install

# Reboot after it is finished
reboot

# Don't setup X
skipx

...

%packages
...

%post
...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T-G [mailto:davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:14 AM
> To: kickstart list
> Subject: >really< hands-off install
> 
> 
> Hi, folks --
> 
> I'd like to know if there's a way to do a completely 
> hands-off kickstart.
> I know that it is likely to be tricky to get a PC to boot from its
> network card, so I could go the kickstart floppy route, and I 
> even think
> that I can pull the floppy as soon as things are going (say, after a
> minute or two when I hear the hard disk churn away; a whole load takes
> less than 10 minutes from power-on to "hit OK and remove your media").
> 
> It's the "remove your media" part that bugs me; I have to 
> have a keyboard
> in place in order to hit the space bar to tell the box to go ahead and
> reboot.  How can I (perhaps in %post) tell the box to not 
> wait for me but
> to bounce itself as soon as it is done with the load?
> 
> 
> TIA & HAND
> 
>:-D
> -- 
> David T-G                       * It's easier to fight for 
> one's principles
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