[SOLVED] kickstart on non-networked system

bradvan · 12-11-2013, 10:57 AM

I have some systems that I need to configure and install CentOS 6 on and they can't be connected to any network. I have two questions related to this.

1. From my reading of the documents, I should place my kickstart file (ks.cfg) in the /isolinux directory before burning to disk. I've also been told it should be in the root (/) partition instead. Anyone have a suggestion which is correct. Maybe I should just put it in both locations.

2. I have some tar files and scripts to run in the post section. If I burn this to the dvd under /myscripts, how would I reference that in the %post section? I wasn't able to get a clear picture of that yet.

Regards,

Brad

acid_kewpie · 12-12-2013, 07:55 AM

pretty sure it's the root, but not sure about that.

As for the /myscripts part though, you'd use a %post section with the --nochroot option added to it, so the installed system will be available under "/mnt/sysimage/" and the rest of the installation media will be at /

bradvan · 12-13-2013, 08:47 AM

OK. I'll just put the kickstart file in both locations to be safe.

For the %post --nochroot portion, I'm thinking I would do:

Code:

%post --nochroot
mkdir /mnt/sysimgage/var/tmp/mystuff
cp /myscripts/* /mnt/sysimgage/var/tmp/mystuff
chroot /mnt/sysimgage /var/tmp/mystuff/master.sh

I think this will create a sub-directory to /var/tmp; copy all of my scripts and tar files to it; then run the master script within a chrooted environment. Sound correct?

acid_kewpie · 12-13-2013, 09:16 AM

i'd probably put the last line in a new normal chrooted %post butit probably doesn't make much difference.

bradvan · 12-13-2013, 11:55 AM

Can you put two %post sections in, or am I misunderstanding your statement?

acid_kewpie · 12-13-2013, 04:14 PM

yes, as many as you want.

bradvan · 12-16-2013, 04:38 AM

Thanks so much!