A sample ks.cfg file that I picked up somewhere had the following example of user interaction during the install: # redirect I/O to the 3rd tty exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tyt3 echo -n "Enter something: " read yn echo "We got $yn" Apologies for not having the source to be able to credit, and you'll have to do the <CTL>+<ALT>+<F3> thing, but this may get you in the direction you need. Gordon -----Original Message----- From: Todd Chilson [mailto:tchilson@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:34 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: user input in the %post section? Hello, I have a Kickstart script that prompts for user input in the %post section. However, I have to ask for user input. So, it would look something like: echo "Enter blast host number (1-34, etc.): " read BLNUM