> Mike Hubbard wrote: >> >> Hello – >> >> I am very new at this kick-start stuff. >> >> I need to build a kickstart CD that completely repartitions the hard drive >> and yet is able to hold on to configuration information to lay it back down >> after the installation. >> >> I have been reading and trying different things, but I can't seem to >> figure this out. My thought was to write things, perhaps, to a ramdisk >> during %pre and then access it in %post, but I'm not getting anywhere with >> that. >> >> Could someone please direct me to the proper documentation for this, or >> help me correct my entire line of thinking about what I want to do? I think >> I'm deep down in some rat-hole or am just missing something obvious. >> > > What config information are you trying to save? > > I think I'd much rather solve this as a backup/restore kind of use case, > whether that's something as simple as cp or rsync or something more complex. I concur. If this stuff is saved into RAM, it could vanish due to a power outage or programming error. Do you want to retain this configuration information somewhere off-box, the better to recreate the box whenever the disk fails? -- Terry McIntyre UNIX for hire Software Development, Systems Administration, Security terry.mcintyre@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
