RE: Default for ks=cdrom

[Shawn Starr]

The kickstart file is only found once the initrd is first loaded via isolinux, so this is after the isolinux stuff has over to the initrd, by passing the ks=cdrom option the loader will check the CD/DVD once its mounted inside Linux for ks.cfg in /.

Files found in isolinux are not visible to Linux as they are a different CD layer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:39 PM
To: Shawn Starr
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Default for ks=cdrom

Ok, I've only been working on writing Kickstart images for a couple of 
days now,
so...  what is / mapped to?  The isolinux.img filesystem?  Is that where 
you're
saying the ks.cfg needs to be?

Repacking the isolinux.img is (for me, anyway) a fair amount of work 
that's best
avoided...  I'd just as soon have the default location for the file be 
/mnt/source/ks.cfg
or /mnt/source/isolinux/ks.cfg ...

Am I alone in this?

-Philip

Shawn Starr wrote:
> I thought it tries the toplevel '/' by default.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Philip
> Prindeville
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:03 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Default for ks=cdrom
>
> Forgot to ask... When one specifies "ks=cdrom" with no path,
> where does Anaconda end up looking?  In the CD's root, or in
> isolinux?  Or what?
>
> Should this be more explicitly documented?
>
> -Philip
>
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Default for ks=cdrom

[Philip Prindeville]

So it needs to go in "/" in initrd.img?  Is that what I'm understanding?

-Philip

Shawn Starr wrote:
> The kickstart file is only found once the initrd is first loaded via isolinux, so this is after the isolinux stuff has over to the initrd, by passing the ks=cdrom option the loader will check the CD/DVD once its mounted inside Linux for ks.cfg in /.
>
> Files found in isolinux are not visible to Linux as they are a different CD layer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:39 PM
> To: Shawn Starr
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: Default for ks=cdrom
>
> Ok, I've only been working on writing Kickstart images for a couple of 
> days now,
> so...  what is / mapped to?  The isolinux.img filesystem?  Is that where 
> you're
> saying the ks.cfg needs to be?
>
> Repacking the isolinux.img is (for me, anyway) a fair amount of work 
> that's best
> avoided...  I'd just as soon have the default location for the file be 
> /mnt/source/ks.cfg
> or /mnt/source/isolinux/ks.cfg ...
>
> Am I alone in this?
>
> -Philip
>
> Shawn Starr wrote:
> > I thought it tries the toplevel '/' by default.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Philip
> > Prindeville
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:03 PM
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: Default for ks=cdrom
> >
> > Forgot to ask... When one specifies "ks=cdrom" with no path,
> > where does Anaconda end up looking?  In the CD's root, or in
> > isolinux?  Or what?
> >
> > Should this be more explicitly documented?
> >
> > -Philip
> >
> > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list