Re: Newbie questions about Kickstart

[Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx redfish-solutions com>]

Chris Lumens wrote:

>>Ok, I'm very confused.  I generated an FC5 dvd with the following:
>>
>>%post --nochroot --log=/mnt/sysimage/root/post-install.log
>>
>>ifconfig -a
>>netstat -n -r
>>mount
>>
>>and was surprised that (a) no network interfaces are up, and hence
>>(b) no routes are installed
>>    
>>
>
>If you're doing a DVD install, no networking has been set up, since we
>don't have any need for it.  You'll need to configure it yourself.
>
>- Chris
>  
>

That's a leap...  The whole point of the %post is so that you can do
additional
stuff not foreseen...  if "network" is configured, perhaps these parameters
should be applied as part of setting up the environment before the
install happens?

-Philip