-----Original Message----- From: Mats Karlsson [mailto:mats.o.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 12:09 AM To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' Subject: Re: extra packages Alt. 1. Invest in an rewritable DVD Alt. 2. Place the ks.cfg on a http/ftp server under the development phase On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:37 AM, <tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jarle Bjørgeengen [mailto:jarle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 01:29 PM > To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' > Subject: Re: extra packages > > > On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:39 , Kyle Powell wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> You seem not to be able to do ALT-F2 during the %post part. And it > >> went very quickly (I just did sleep 5000 which I hope is about 8 > >> minutes). > >> It went way quicker than that, but the "Installing bootloader" is > >> taking > >> forver. I wonder whether my sleep statement is taking place there > >> instead? > > > > No, you certainly should be able to switch to VT 2 while the %post > > script is > > running. If anaconda seems to be finishing the post script quickly > > and you have > > a 'sleep 5000' in your post script, this would indicate the post > > script is not > > running completely, at least not far enough to reach the sleep > > (sleep 5000 would > > sleep for 5000 seconds, which is nearly an hour and a half). > > > >> %post --nochroot > >> mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom > >> mount /tmp/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > >> mkdir /tmp/inst > >> cp /mnt/cdrom/addon/*.tz /tmp/inst/ > >> cd /tmp/inst > >> tar -zxvf preimage.tz > >> cd preimage > >> ./install > >> cd .. > >> tar -zxvf nppt.tz > >> cd nppt > >> ./install > >> > >> 1. How do I access the addon directory on the DVD? I know it is > >> there > >> because on a Linux system I put the DVD in the reader and see it. > > > > When installing from CD or DVD, it will already be mounted at /mnt/ > > source. I > > would recommend you use two post scripts. Copy the files from the CD > > in a > > - --nochroot post script, then run the install in a regular > > (chroot'ed) post script. > > > > %post --nochroot > > mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/tmp/inst > > cp /mnt/source/addon/* /mnt/sysimage/tmp/inst > > > > %post > > cd /tmp/inst > > tar -zxvf preimage.tz > > cd preimage > > ./install > > cd .. > > tar -zxvf nppt.tz > > cd nppt > > ./install > > > > Neat . Didn'r know you could have 2 %posts > > >> 2. How can I test thet %post without wasting a DVD each time? > > > > If you have a second machine you could pull the ks.cfg via http, or > > if you have > > a floppy, you could get the kickstart file from the floppy drive. > > These would > > allow you to change the kickstart file without burning a new DVD > > each time. If > > you absolutely want to pull the kickstart file from the iso each > > time (instead > > of just changing the ks= line to point to the cdrom once all your > > testing is > > complete) you could kickstart a virtual machine and present the iso > > file to the > > VM without actually burning a DVD. > > You can also use usb-stick > > linux ks=hd:<partition_where_ks.cfg_is_located> > > Just edit isolinux config if you want this to be default. > > Once I pre-made a DVD image which wrote host-specific options to a > temporary file in the %pre section, based on the output of dmidecode > (machine serial number) , and later included the autogenerated file in > the main ks.config. > > ========== > I tried many values for "<partition_where_ks.cfg_is_located>" but none > seemed to work. > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > ------------------------------ I found out the problem with the isolinux. Instead of typing "linux prelem" I just type "prelem" (the new label I added). Another couple questions. I saw someone do linux text nodmraid selinux=2 Is there a way for the ks.cfg to get these parameters? I mean if I want to add some of my own, like say prelem ip=10.0.0.66 mask=255.0.0.0 onboot=yes then my kickstart file could somehow reference these and set them, activate eth0 automatically. And then I could also have some of my own like installcdma=yes (or just installcdma). _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
