Firstly, for where to put the ks file, it would be easiest for you to remaster the boot CD, and put the ks file into the root directory of the CD, update the configuration for the CD's boot-loader to add something like "ks=cdrom:/fc14.ks", and then burn the resulting (modified) file-tree to a new CD disk To get around the too early/to late of %pre and %post, you may want to add a custom RPM archive file to the CD, have it dump the files into the being-created system, and run a command as part of its installation procedure that causes the newly added files to be read. Then reference the new RPM archive in the packages section of your ks file. HTH -DTK Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sender: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:19:55 To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kickstart vs. /etc/login.defs I've encountered two problems: How to specify the kickstart file. How, in the kickstart file does one affect /etc/login.defs . According to fedora, a kickstart file is the right way to do what I want. There is no specific command to affect /etc/login.defs . >From what I have read, %post runs too late: Fake users have already been assigned in the range 500..999 . It seems to me that %pre runs too soon, before partitions are even assigned. The %pre example has me really confused. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kic kstart2-preinstallconfig.html The example writes out a partioning scheme, but to work / , /bin and /tmp must already exist. What is going on? How do I specify the kickstart file? I plan to use a minimal bootable CD and a DVD image on a hard drive. One technique mentioned was to put ks.cfg in a correct directory and let anaconda find it. That technique would seem to require inserting it into an iso file. I must be missing something. The other technique involves editing a boot command. I've seen two syntaxes: linux ks=hd:/device/dir/ks.cfg linux ks=hd:partition/path/ks.cfg If I do it that way, which boot sequence do I interrupt? As I understand it, two boot sequences, one to the CD and the other to the DVD iso file. Is that correct? -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily _______________________________________________ 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
