Kickstart Snippet to get hostname and network information. Since we don't have pxe here i created my kickstart profiles, then build iso with 'cobbler buildiso' then I boot off that iso and have a menu. In my kickstarts I created the following snippet. This asks for IP and Hostname, but you can uncomment the other stuff for different networks. I then put name my snippet 'pre_netcfg' and create a pre script in kickstart profile like this Pre script in profile $SNIPPET('spacewalk/1/pre_netcfg') and then make sure 'Template' is checked. This works very good and once system reboots it is setup with hostname and networking information. -------- Snippet ---- %pre #raw clear exec < /dev/tty6 > /dev/tty6 2> /dev/tty6 chvt 6 while true; do echo "Enter Network Configuration" echo "---------------------------" echo " " #echo -en "Enter Network Device (eth0,eth1) : " #read DEVICE DEVICE=eth0 echo -en "Enter the Hostname? : " read HOST echo -en "Enter the IP Address? : " read IP #echo -en "Enter the Netmask? : " #read NETMASK NETMASK=255.255.252.0 #echo -en "Enter the Gateway? : " #read GATEWAY GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 echo -e "" echo -e "Please Review Your Entries " echo -e "--------------------------" echo -e "Network Device : $DEVICE" echo -e "Hostname : $HOST" echo -e "IP Address : $IP" echo -e "Netmask : $NETMASK" echo -e "Gateway : $GATEWAY" echo -e " " echo -en "Does Everything Look Correct? (y/n) " read yn case $yn in y* | Y* ) line="network --bootproto static --device $DEVICE --ip $IP --netmask $NETMASK --hostname $HOST --gateway $GATEWAY" ks="/tmp/ks.cfg" sed -e "/^network/s/^network.*/$line/" $ks > ${ks}.tmp && mv ${ks}.tmp $ks; break;; [nN]* ) echo -e "Enter Network Configuration" ; continue;; q* ) exit ;; * ) echo "Enter yes or no" ;; esac done chvt 1 exec < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1 #endraw --- end snippet --- Thanks, Todd Walters Sr System Software Programmer / Linux <tt> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:39:15 -0500 From: themaster001 <themaster001@gmail.com> To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Help with kick-start. Message-ID: <CAN45Sj+ww7UK7_zW6V7kkPBT+Rpb-+uAAzDesSX2PSEmWyOiFg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Guys, If this isn't the right place to ask, please let me know. I am stuck need to get this working. </tt> <pre>######################################################################## The information contained in this message, and any attachments thereto, is intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copying, or other use of the transmitted information is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. UNIGROUPINC.COM ########################################################################