On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Egan Ford wrote: > Why not use the native network installer for SuSE (autoyast)? It performs all > the same functions as kickstart. > For some being able to do this could actually make migrating to SuSE easieer because they have automated scripts to rebuild RH ISO's with various rpms being added or excluded. So being able to do this with a set of rpms from a non-redhat distribution only using RedHat's anaconda would be a fairly usefull thing to some. Also, anaconda is just an installer; determining what it would take to use it with an "alien" distribution might help make the code better. Cheers...james P.S. If you did not guess I am very interested to see if anyone has already done this with SuSE rpms. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Connett > > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:01 AM > > To: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx; kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Anaconda/kickstart with SuSE/UnitedLinux RPMs? > > > > > > Has anyone tried using anaconda/kickstart to install using > > SuSE/UnitedLinux RPMs? I'm hoping to use the combination to install a > > fairly minimal system via pxelinux and a serial console. > > > > The problems I have encountered so far are the different kernel naming > > conventions and different network configuration file styles. > > > > I see from http://platform.progeny.com/weblogs/archives/000169.html > > that Progeny are working on a port of Anaconda to Debian. > > > > I would be interested to hear from anyone else using Anaconda > > SuSE/UnitedLinux. > > > > Regards > > -- > > John Connett > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
