You should be able to eject the CD 30 seconds after starting the machine. I don't know why you'd want to wait until the %post starts. On 2/20/06, Mattias Andersson <tiaskillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Marc! > > Thanks for the help. > > This was actually one of the first things I tried and it did not work. > I managed to get it working now though, and what I had to do was to change > the path for the eject-command. It seems like Fedora, before running the > %post -part of the installation actually unmounts the temporary installation > system that is mounted and mounts the newly installed system. > Therefore, to make this work with Fedora 3 I added the following to the > %post part of the Kickstart-configuration: > > echo "Ejecting CD" > 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 > > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hda > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdb > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdc > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdd > > Thank you all for coming with tips! > > Mattias > > >From: "Marc Wiatrowski" <wia@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "'Discussion list about Kickstart'" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: RE: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation > >Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:01:15 -0500 > > > >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 > > > >--- > >%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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Kickstart-list mailing list > >Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chatt: Träffa nya nätkompisar på Habbo Hotel > http://habbohotel.msn.se/habbo/sv/channelizer > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
