Hi Lance, I think the easiest route to your solution is to use %ksappend or %include. You can create a script that runs in %pre to generate the customized portions of the kickstart, then %include that customization via the include statement. A step up from this concept is using a tool like cobbler... check out its website if you have never heard of it before. Basic Concept -- %pre # script to detect hardware and spit out custom kickstart lines: bash /root/ks_setup_drives.sh > /tmp/ks_drive_config.ks .... then inside kickstart: # include generated script: %include /tmp/ks_drive_config.ks I hope I am right that this behavior is consistent across older releases of Anaconda? -- Matt On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Lance Gropper <streamscalelance@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Joe: > 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 > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM, <kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Send Kickstart-list mailing list submissions to >> kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> kickstart-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Kickstart-list digest..." >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Can anaconda rerun itself? (Lance Gropper) >> 2. Re: Can anaconda rerun itself? (Joe Wulf) >> 3. Re: Can anaconda rerun itself? (Chris Lumens) >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Lance Gropper <streamscalelance@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> 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 >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Joe Wulf <joe_wulf@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> 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> >> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Tue, October 5, 2010 4:44:53 PM >> 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 >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Chris Lumens <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
