RE: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation

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I got this from the list a while back and has been working for me
with Enterprise 3.  You could probably narrow down the devices,
but this just makes sure it hits everything.

hopefully its useful,
marc

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%post --nochroot

mkdir /mnt/hda
mkdir /mnt/hdb
mkdir /mnt/hdc
mkdir /mnt/hdd
 
mknod /dev/hda b 3 0
mknod /dev/hdb b 3 64
mknod /dev/hdc b 22 0
mknod /dev/hdd b 22 64
 
echo '/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
echo '/dev/hdb /mnt/hdb iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
echo '/dev/hdc /mnt/hdc iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
echo '/dev/hdd /mnt/hdd iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
 
/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hda
/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdb
/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdc
/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdd



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mattias Andersson
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:14 AM
> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm installing Fedora 3 on a lot of machines in our rendering 
> farm using a 
> kickstart installation.
> The best would be if I could somehow get the kickstart to 
> eject the cd 
> straight after it has finished the first phase, i.e. before the first 
> reboot. Cause then I don't need to connect a monitor and 
> keyboard to the 
> machine, all I need to do is to put the first installation CD 
> and let it 
> install via NFS and eventually it would just be done.
> The network path and such information for the installation is 
> provided via 
> DHCP and the installation CD has been slightly modified to 
> boot straight in 
> to the kickstart-mode.
> 
> Has anyone been succesful in doing this?
> 
> Any suggestions would be very much apprecieated.
> 
> Mattias



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