On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:25:45PM -0500, Erik Dykema wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 12:19:54PM -0500, Erik Dykema wrote: > > <snip what="lines we have seen before"/> > >> > >> Yes, this is my proposal as well, and I concur that having just the > >>file with the answers would be the simplest=best way to do it. This is > >>at any rate how red hat's kickstart works. > > > > > > Where, when & how does the Red Hat installer read the file with answers? > > Kickstart can get the answers in one of two ways. First you make the > kickstart file. > Then you can: > put it onto the boot disk / cdrom. When the kernel boots, it looks in > default places and it if finds it, it begins the installation. > Or, put it somewhere on NFS, and pass the nfs location to the kernel at > boot time (append kickstart=192.168.1.1:/kickstart.file). This is the > one that is really useful for PXE booting. > Here is a redhat manual describing the process: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html
I have read it, but still didn't look into debian-edu which uses debian-installer > > As far as I know, what this would require is: > a) d-i to be able to see what the messages passed to the kernel were. > b) Parsing out the location to the kickstart file if it exists. FAI uses DHCP information for that purpose. > c) Mounting that location via NFS and copying the file over. or any other network protocol > d) Using the instructions in the file to answer the questions posed > during installation, OR, > e) using the instructions in the file to put answers into the debconf > database, which then would cause d-i not to ask any questions as it > already knows what all the answers are (not really clear on how debconf > works). See the debconf documentation packages for more information. > > Erik Cheers Geert Stappers -- Missing Sesse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
