Selecting NFS home via %pre section

[Coe, Colin C.]

Hi all
 
Still struggling with this...  Can I pass anaconda the NFS install path
from PXELINUX instead of within the kickstart config file?  My target
platforms are EL3 and EL4.
 
Also, I've been reading that anaconda can be updated by putting Python
modules in ./RHupdates/ directory.  Where do I find these Python
modules?
 
Thanks
 
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	-----Original Message-----
	From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Frozen River
	Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 6:50 PM
	To: Discussion list about Kickstart
	Subject: Re: Selecting NFS home via %pre section
	
	
	I think anaconda is not involved at the stage of selection
install method its done in the loader if I'm not totally wrong. The
loader is actually parsing the kickstart config file (that how I
discovered that it doesn't stop parsing when it hits "%installclass" as
it should. Hence you can't do a pre thingy to set install type.... since
it needs to be present much earlier 
	 
	Cheers The Frozen one....
	 


	 
	On 6/5/06, Coe, Colin C. <Colin.Coe at woodside.com.au> wrote: 


		Hi all
		
		I want to select a different NFS install path depending
on options
		passed through PXELINUX.  Something like: 
		
		pxelinux.cfg
		------------
		label el3_lws_safe
		       kernel el3u5_x86_64/vmlinuz
		       append ksdevice=eth0
		ks=nfs:a.b.c.d:/export/install/rhel_x86_64_testing.cfg
load_ramdisk=1
		initrd=el3u5_x86_64/initrd.img 
		       ipappend 1
		
		
		ks.cfg
		------
		
		lang en_US
		langsupport en_US
		keyboard us
		mouse genericwheelps/2
		timezone --utc Australia/Perth
		rootpw --iscrypted <snip>
		reboot
		install
		%include /tmp/nfs.cfg
		bootloader --location=mbr
		
		%pre
		
		#!/bin/sh -x
		
		for I in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do
		  echo $I | grep -q initrd && P=`dirname \`echo $I | cut
-d= -f2\``
		Done
		
		echo "nfs --server= a.b.c.d --dir=/export/install/${P}"
> /tmp/nfs.cfg
		
		---
		
		However, when I do this, anaconda asks for the install
type (CDROM,
		harddisk, ftp, nfs, etc) and refuses to use NFS.
		
		Is this possible?  Is anyone else doing anything
similar? 
		
		Thanks
		
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