This is a followup to a previous posting - I need to alter constants in the kickstart file, which can't be altered in the %pre or %post sections. In particular, I'm creating an automated install, however the source installation device varies from machine to machine (on some machines, it's sda, on some it is sdb, and on some it is the last available sd device). The thinking here is that I can put statements in the %pre section which will modify the kickstart file only if the system is different from how the kickstart is currently set, then I want to rerun Anaconda at that point. When the Anaconda restarts (or starts), if it sees that the file matches the system, it continues with the kickstart process without modifying the file and without restarting Anaconda. I have no problem with the logic or modifying the file - I just need a way to restart anaconda without rebooting the machine or rerunning GRUB. Maybe even run a second instance of Anaconda from within Anaconda (but then clean exiting will become an issue).
Lance
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1. Can anaconda rerun itself? (Lance Gropper)
2. Re: Can anaconda rerun itself? (Joe Wulf)
3. Re: Can anaconda rerun itself? (Chris Lumens)
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From: Lance Gropper <streamscalelance@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:44:53 -0700
Subject: Can anaconda rerun itself?
Hello Ya'all:Is it possible to put something in the %pre such that Anaconda re-runs itself without rebooting the system or running grub?Lance
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Can anaconda rerun itself?Hello Lance---what is the use case? What will you leverage this for?R,-Joe Wulf
From: Lance Gropper <streamscalelance@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Can anaconda rerun itself?
Hello Ya'all:Is it possible to put something in the %pre such that Anaconda re-runs itself without rebooting the system or running grub?Lance
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From: Chris Lumens <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:07:51 -0400
Subject: Re: Can anaconda rerun itself?
> Is it possible to put something in the %pre such that Anaconda re-runs
> itself without rebooting the system or running grub?
anaconda does not do a good job cleaning up after itself since it knows
it runs with /tmp on a ramdisk and nothing will persist anyway.
Therefore while it's likely you can do this, there's going to be a bunch
of stuff in /tmp and mounted on the system that you will have to clean
up yourself.
I think this is a bad idea, though.
- Chris
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