Re: couple questions about ks.cfg entries

[Tammy Fox <tfox redhat com>]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:57:53PM -0500, rpjday wrote:
> 
>   first, what is an "interactive" install?  i'm guessing that it
> means, if i skip specifying some option (such as mouse type), i'll
> be prompted for it.  is this correct?
> 

No. interactive means that it will prepopulate the screens with
the values from your kickstart file, but you will have to confirm
your choices by clicking Next at each screen. It is really for
debugging.

>   second, and more philosophically, i'm confused by the aesthetics
> of the "zerombr" option.  if you select to clear the mbr, the line
> "zerombr yes" is added to the ks file.  if you choose not to, *no*
> line is added.  this seems inconsistent with the way other boolean
> options are specified.  for example, "reboot".  you either get the
> line "reboot" or you don't, depending on what you want.  so why
> do you not similarly get the line "zerombr" or not?  what's the
> purpose of the additional word "yes"?
> 
> rday
> 
> 
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