Holding configuration information

[Michael DeHaan]

Mike Hubbard wrote:
>
> Hello –
>
> I am very new at this kick-start stuff.
>
> I need to build a kickstart CD that completely repartitions the hard 
> drive and yet is able to hold on to configuration information to lay 
> it back down after the installation.
>
> I have been reading and trying different things, but I can’t seem to 
> figure this out. My thought was to write things, perhaps, to a ramdisk 
> during %pre and then access it in %post, but I’m not getting anywhere 
> with that.
>
> Could someone please direct me to the proper documentation for this, 
> or help me correct my entire line of thinking about what I want to do? 
> I think I’m deep down in some rat-hole or am just missing something 
> obvious.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael Hubbard
>
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What config information are you trying to save?

I think I'd much rather solve this as a backup/restore kind of use case, 
whether that's something as simple as cp or rsync or something more complex.

--Michael