Re: Not really a kickstart question.....

[Michael DeHaan <mdehaan redhat com>]

Meyers, John J wrote:
>  
> Hi Jake,
>
> 	In the %pre section of the ks file, I run a python script that
> is VERY derived from the anaconda network_text.py code. This allows the
> installer to input the required network info. After which the rest of
> the install is automated. I can prefill the subnet, ip to last octet,
> DNS server... If you don't have fancy requirements, you should be able
> to import network_text *, and call the various modules from anaconda to
> provide netconfig functionality. Yeah Kickstart! And long live yum.
>   

Cobbler has a way of keeping track of all of these variables and filling 
in these sections automatically.

See this customized section that Robin Bowes contributed today:

https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/KickstartSnippets#Networkconfiguration

This allows you to do things like:

cobbler system add --name=foo --hostname=foo.example.com --ip=X ...

and have everything substituted into all the kickstarts correctly based 
on the system that you are installing.

(http://cobbler.et.redhat.com)

--Michael


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Vickers [mailto:jake v2gnu com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:04 AM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: Not really a kickstart question.....
>
> So we can't use netconfig in RHEL5 kickstarts anymore to set the IP
> during the installation phase. I can't seem to get the setup-tool to run
> on first boot (where you can config the net card, turn off SELinux,
> etc.).
> Am I missing something obvious, or does everyone else who has a need for
> this just script it in the kickstart file?
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
>
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