On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, trax wrote: > I have a network install CD for a company where I work. > On which I give users the option to > > 1) Boot partition magic (its licensed) > 2) install linux > > Now I do not want to work with a floppy just a CD. > I have preset ks.cfg(s) files on the cd, the install linux menu > allows you to select which one, you require. > The CD boots and partition magic works, so does the linux install. > > But what I want to do is auto-generate a ks.cfg based on certain > options the user can select from the menu. This I can store in a ramdisk > that I have created in dos. > Since my kickstart install is started using loadlin, the ramdisk > information I imagine is still there(unless booting the kernel wipes it, > any parameters I can use?). I am wondering if anyone knows how I can > access it or pass it onto my kickstart install as a ks.cfg to linux. Clark Connect has modified Anaconda to generate a kickstart file on-the-fly. I think it was introduced in 0.91, changed in the next release (they were surprised to find people wanted to supply their own ks file and not go through the Q&A session every time). Your DOS ramdisk will be wiped out, but if you have a DOS partition you can store it there. Additionally, you can prepare include files in the %pre section, and include them. I don't know what you can and can't do there, but I have done my own disk partitioning there using fdisk, and I'm pretty sure you can modify package selections there. -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
