Ejecting CD after kickstart installation

[Mattias Andersson]

Well, I can eject the CD manually by pressing the eject-button on the 
machine after the installation has started. But it's "nice" if the CD ejects 
automatically at some point (doesn't really matter when during the install 
as long as it does it for me). Because then I can just put start the 
machine, put the CD in and leave it there. It will then automatically after 
the installation be up and running waiting for work to be sent to it.

Thanks though.

Mattias

>From: "Joe Van Dyk" <joevandyk at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
>To: "Discussion list about Kickstart" <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation
>Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:15:46 -0800
>
>You should be able to eject the CD 30 seconds after starting the
>machine.  I don't know why you'd want to wait until the %post starts.
>
>On 2/20/06, Mattias Andersson <tiaskillen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Marc!
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > This was actually one of the first things I tried and it did not work.
> > I managed to get it working now though, and what I had to do was to 
>change
> > the path for the eject-command. It seems like Fedora, before running the
> > %post -part of the installation actually unmounts the temporary 
>installation
> > system that is mounted and mounts the newly installed system.
> > Therefore, to make this work with Fedora 3 I added the following to the
> > %post part of the Kickstart-configuration:
> >
> > echo "Ejecting CD"
> > mkdir /mnt/hda
> > mkdir /mnt/hdb
> > mkdir /mnt/hdc
> > mkdir /mnt/hdd
> >
> > mknod /dev/hda b 3 0
> > mknod /dev/hdb b 3 64
> > mknod /dev/hdc b 22 0
> > mknod /dev/hdd b 22 64
> >
> > echo '/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > echo '/dev/hdb /mnt/hdb iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > echo '/dev/hdc /mnt/hdc iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > echo '/dev/hdd /mnt/hdd iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> >
> > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hda
> > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdb
> > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdc
> > /usr/bin/eject /dev/hdd
> >
> > Thank you all for coming with tips!
> >
> > Mattias
> >
> > >From: "Marc Wiatrowski" <wia at iglass.net>
> > >Reply-To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
> > >To: "'Discussion list about Kickstart'" <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
> > >Subject: RE: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation
> > >Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:01:15 -0500
> > >
> > >I got this from the list a while back and has been working for me
> > >with Enterprise 3.  You could probably narrow down the devices,
> > >but this just makes sure it hits everything.
> > >
> > >hopefully its useful,
> > >marc
> > >
> > >---
> > >%post --nochroot
> > >
> > >mkdir /mnt/hda
> > >mkdir /mnt/hdb
> > >mkdir /mnt/hdc
> > >mkdir /mnt/hdd
> > >
> > >mknod /dev/hda b 3 0
> > >mknod /dev/hdb b 3 64
> > >mknod /dev/hdc b 22 0
> > >mknod /dev/hdd b 22 64
> > >
> > >echo '/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > >echo '/dev/hdb /mnt/hdb iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > >echo '/dev/hdc /mnt/hdc iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > >echo '/dev/hdd /mnt/hdd iso9660,ro 0 0'  >> /etc/fstab
> > >
> > >/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hda
> > >/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdb
> > >/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdc
> > >/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin/eject /dev/hdd
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mattias Andersson
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:14 AM
> > > > To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
> > > > Subject: Ejecting CD after kickstart installation
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm installing Fedora 3 on a lot of machines in our rendering
> > > > farm using a
> > > > kickstart installation.
> > > > The best would be if I could somehow get the kickstart to
> > > > eject the cd
> > > > straight after it has finished the first phase, i.e. before the 
>first
> > > > reboot. Cause then I don't need to connect a monitor and
> > > > keyboard to the
> > > > machine, all I need to do is to put the first installation CD
> > > > and let it
> > > > install via NFS and eventually it would just be done.
> > > > The network path and such information for the installation is
> > > > provided via
> > > > DHCP and the installation CD has been slightly modified to
> > > > boot straight in
> > > > to the kickstart-mode.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone been succesful in doing this?
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be very much apprecieated.
> > > >
> > > > Mattias
> > >
> > >
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