Re: controlling partitioning but not install device

[Kyle Powell <kpowell redhat com>]

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Matt Rose wrote:
> How would you write a pre script that queried the user?  Kickstart just
> runs pre scripts, and doesn't allow interaction, as far as I know.
> 
> Matt

You can use chvt (and possibly exec with redirection) to switch to another
virtual termnial (usually VT3) in the %pre script, ask a user for input, then
switch back to VT1 (or 6 if you didn't specify a text based kickstart) and let
the kickstart continue.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2003-September/msg00053.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2004-November/msg00033.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2007-September/msg00015.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2008-November/msg00062.html
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Kyle Powell | Red Hat | Senior Consultant, RHCE
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