<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not aware of any other facility to do this, but can't imagine a situation where these wouldn't be enough... --Victor ----- Original Message ---- <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">From: "jasong@optonline.net" <jasong@optonline.net> To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:02:46 AM Subject: Re: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data Thanks Victor. So does this mean that Kickstart doesn't have a built in facility for doing this natively? ----- Original Message ----- From: Victor Sira Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:48 am Subject: Re: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Yes, possible. Take a look at this article for an example: > > <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/31/solutions-from-the-road-">http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/31/solutions-from-the-road-</a> > how-to-get-the-%e2%80%9creal%e2%80%9d-hostname-registered-during- > satellite-provisioning-or-how-to-avoid-the-dreaded- > %e2%80%9cunknown%e2%80%9d-hostname/ > > That asks for the hostname, but you could ask different > questions. You can also parse /proc/cmdline for custom > parameters passed at boot time. > > --Victor > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "jasong@optonline.net" > To: kickstart-list@redhat.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:21:20 AM > Subject: Interactively prompting for a piece of install data > > Hi all, > > I'm new to kickstart and was wondering if it was possible to ask > a single question, i.e. root password, during a kickstart > install and automate anything else. If it is, how is this > accomplished? > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > <a target="_blank" href="http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping">http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping</a> </div> </div></div> <hr size=1>Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ "> Try it now.</a></body></html>