On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 15:05 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I installed Linux from a DVD, having > to choose a l,ot of things (like time zone, > language, packages, etc). Upon > completion there was a file in /root called > anaconda-ks.cfg with all the choices. > This is a jumpstart file and you are supposed > to be able to create a bootable disk with the > ks. So I copied everything in order from > the dvd to my hard drive, then in the isolinux > (I believe) directory I put the anaconda-ks.cfg > file, renaming it to what my directions said (I forgot > now). Then I burned a DVD with the new file. > But trying to boot and install from that DVD did nothing. > It wasn't even recognized. > > I am sure what I did was probably not quite right. > So if I have a CentOS installation DVD and a kickstart > file (separately) how do you incorporate them to make > a bootable install dvd with the kickstart? ---- I have to believe that the default install uses some hard coded list of packages set within anaconda and anaconda doesn't consult any external cfg file by default. That said, if you were intent on modifying your own installation DVD and getting it to automatically run some kickstart.cfg file, you could probably edit isolinux/isolinux.cfg to have an entry that appended the ks=/some_kickstart.cfg file on that DVD (or simply type it in yourself by editing the 'boot' parameters). Note that you can have anaconda download/use a kickstart file from any available method/medium i.e. nfs/http/ftp/floppy/usb flash drive/etc. so it seems as though you are trying to hard. Craig
