----- Original Message -----
From: Victor Sira
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:27 pm
Subject: Re: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Not aware of any other facility to do this, but can't imagine a
> situation where these wouldn't be enough...
>
> --Victor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "jasong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:02:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data
>
> Thanks Victor.
>
> So does this mean that Kickstart doesn't have a built in
> facility for doing this natively?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Victor Sira
> Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:48 am
> Subject: Re: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
>
> > Yes, possible. Take a look at this article for an example:
> >
> > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/31/solutions-from-the-
> road-
> > how-to-get-the-%e2%80%9creal%e2%80%9d-hostname-registered-
> during-
> > satellite-provisioning-or-how-to-avoid-the-dreaded-
> > %e2%80%9cunknown%e2%80%9d-hostname/
> >
> > That asks for the hostname, but you could ask different
> > questions. You can also parse /proc/cmdline for custom
> > parameters passed at boot time.
> >
> > --Victor
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "jasong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:21:20 AM
> > Subject: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to kickstart and was wondering if it was possible to
> ask
> > a single question, i.e. root password, during a kickstart
> > install and automate anything else. If it is, how is this
> > accomplished?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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