Adding update repos to ks.cfg

[Michael]

Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 08:34:09PM -0700, Michael wrote:
>   
>> I have been using kickstart for a while to do my builds.  I follow up 
>> with yum on the first boot to bring everything up to date.
>>
>> Today, I started to ask myself why can't I point the installer to the 
>> install DVD image and updates repo at the same time and install the 
>> newest packages without having to do an update.  It seems to work, but I 
>> am concerned this might be risky somehow.
>>
>> I added something like:
>>
>> repo --name localupdates --baseurl=http://my.webserver.com/updates
>>
>> in my ks.cfg
>>
>> Is this an ok or safe thing to do?  I just hate installing 300 packages 
>> and then having to update 200 because of new package release.
>>
>> I know I could update my  install tree to include the new packages,  but 
>> if there is any easier way...
>>     
>
> I wasn't aware of this parameter.  What distros have an anaconda that
> supports this?
>
> Ray
>   

It works in Fedora Core 6 and Fedora 7 that I am aware of.

Michael