I'm using a script in %pre that prompts for IP, hostname, etc. The asnwers are dumped out as variables and used to set up the config files in %post All works well. Now, it's being used to install the OS on an HP Proliant that's in a remote datacenter via iLO, and it takes about an hour to transfer all of the files over iLO. So I got clever, commented out "cdrom" and added url --url http://ip.of.my.yum.server/path/to/os/ Then, at the end of %pre, I added /sbin/ifconfig eth0 $IP netmask $NM up However... it appears that kickstart sees the "url" directive and therefore assumes that it must have networking RIGHT NOW! It tries DHCP, fails, then runs %pre. I'm not certain if it ever raises the interface or not, but it complains "Unable to read package metadat" Is there a way to do what I want to do... NOT configure eth0 in kickstart, but the way I'm doing it, raise the interface, and install from a network source instead of the disc? -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
