Mark Stodola wrote:
John Summerfield wrote:
Mark Stodola wrote:
Hey everyone,
I know most of you use nfs or http for kickstart, but I'm trying to
do a CD based one. Basically, I have a backup cd I make of certain
software and system configuration. I'd like to make this CD bootable
with a somewhat dynamic kickstart.
I've got a bootable CD working, the problem comes in when I try to
work with any other files on the CD in conjunction with ks.cfg.
I've found that the %pre doesn't get parsed/evaluated until the
actual SL DVD is inserted and mounted. Proven by:
You mastered your own CD images?
The details on how to this properly depend on the release: Tony Nugent
had the 'net's best guide up to RHL 7.3, and if it still exists, would
apply, with minor adaptations up to RHEL 4; after that, Anaconda
switched to using YUM and then the rulebook got chucked out the window.
Your disk-swapping suggests to me you're using EL4 or earlier, and
that you've mastered it badly. Creating a DVD would not have the
problem (though it might seek lots).
I've mastered my own CDs, but probably not what you have in mind. What
I do is install SL 4.1 on a system, put some of our software on it, and
then once it is all working, generate a configuration/backup CD for the
machine. I'm trying to use the boot.iso povided in the images directory
of the SL DVD. This lets me use the stock SL DVD, along with the
configuration CD I'm making. I have the CD booting and pointed to the
correct kickstart file just fine. The problem is that the kickstart
isn't parsed until after the SL DVD is requested, so I can't use %pre to
gather some information from the configuration CD that I booted from. I
want to get some partitioning information and such from it.
I'm wondering if there is some known way to prompt the user to swap in
the configuration CD while the %pre is being processed or perhaps a way
to get anaconda to run the kickstart on the configuration CD (perhaps by
faking the .discinfo) and prompt for the DVD once it notices the
packages aren't on the current media. I'm not opposed to duplicating
more of the installer on the configuration CD, as there is plenty of
room for it. I just thought the boot.iso was a good place to start, as
the documentation covers using a kickstart with this method, just not
anything else.
What I said.
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Cheers
John
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