You could go the CGI route, or you could install the make_bootdisk CGI script we use internally for end users to install Linux themselves. http://kickstart-tools.sf.net or https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34678 You only need the kickstart-tools RPM. The other RPMs are CPAN modules for Red Hat 7.3 I had to put together to get RH 9's "getfullcomps.py" working on 7.3. /Brian/ On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:37, Nick White wrote: > I have a variety of user types, hardware types, and RedHat > distributions that I'm responsible for and I need to add some more > automation into my Kickstarts to make them "smarter" and to perhaps > enable users to load there own machines. I currently point to one of > several kickstart configuration files on an NFS server, but > maintaining many kickstart files is getting troublesome. > > > > For example, if I need to start including a new package in new > installs, I have to edit all of the kickstart files and add the > package to the %package section. I tried using an %include statement > and point to files that contained my base package lists, but I didn't > get it right. Anaconda couldn't see the files I was referencing. I > tried mounting the remote filesystems in the %pre section, but it > still didn't see them. Anyway, that's just a example of how stupidly > I'm doing things now. > > > > I was intrigued by the idea that was brought up recently about using a > CGI script to determine options. How would you run the CGI? Would > you just do an HTTP GET from the %pre section and put the output in > /tmp, then %include it? How would you pass parameters to the CGI > (could you pass them in at the "boot" prompt)? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Nick > > > > _________________________________ > > Nick White > > Systems Engineer > > Landmark Graphics Corp. > > -- Brian Long | | | Americas IT Hosting Sys Admin | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s
