Re: when is it OK to eject the boot floppy

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On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 02:00:14PM -0600, Lambert, Eric wrote:
> At what point after the anaconda installation starts is it safe to eject
> the floppy?  Is the entire file parsed, including %post on boot such
> that ejecting the floppy is OK once the build has started?  It is a
> network kickstart installation using NFS for the build.
> 
The contents of the boot floppy are read into memory before they are
used (they need to be, since the image is compressed), so at any point
after anaconda starts up (the blue screen appears) you can remove
the floppy (assuming, of course, that none of your %post scripts
attempt to access it).

-- 
Jason Kohles                                 jkohles@xxxxxxxxxx
Senior Engineer                 Red Hat Professional Consulting





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