I am trying to figure out this one myself right now and I am wondering if it might be easier to do the user input during %post Alexander Rau, Dipl.-Betriebswirt, A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CISSP Customer and Agent Relations & IT Manager -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Poepping Sent: 24 October 2003 12:33 To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: dialog --inputbox in %pre So after you ask for information in the pre section, where do you store it? I need to ask for a hostname, which will be applied in post thanks, matt