Re: [SLUG] RH kickstart

[Charlie Brady <charlieb@nospam.aurema.com>]

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Saliya Wimalaratne wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to get the RedHat kickstart file onto a CD. Of
> course, I want the kickstart installer to read this file _from_ the CD...
> any ideas ?

Yep. I'm looking at doing something similar myself. I can't speak for
RH6.1 because the code has all changed, but with RH6 and earlier you'll
need to add code into the install binary which runs out of the RAM disk,
and either stick the kickstart file into the ramdisk (initrd.img) and get
the installer to look for it there, or get the installer to mount the
CDROM (all possible CDROMs of course) and then grab it from there.
Sticking the kickstart file into the ramdisk will be easier to get
working, but then the kickstart file which is actually used is very well
hidden - inside the boot image on hidden bits of the CDROM, and then
inside initrd inside that image.

Let me know if you find anything easier.

Charlie Brady
Aurema Pty Ltd
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