[Fedora-livecd-list] launch anaconda & kickstart from running livecd

[Peter Scheie]

On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 08:57 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> On 10/15/2009 08:03 PM, Peter Scheie wrote:
> >> From a running Centos liveCD (minimal) I want to launch anaconda with a
> > kickstart file.  Right now we build a small ISO using isolinux that
> > loads the kernel and points it to the kickstart file on an HTTP server
> > (ks=http://blah.blah.blah/ks.cfg).  But I want to gather some info from
> > the user and test some networking connections before launching anaconda,
> > thus the need for the liveCD.  I've got anaconda included in the livecd
> > and I can call it, but when I try to pass
> > --kickstart=http://blah.blah.blah/ks.cfg, it says 'no method specified'.
> > So, I added -m http:// with a path to the repos we use with our regular
> > installer, but while anaconda starts, it starts asking questions about
> > language, keyboard, etc., meaning it's not reading the kickstart file.
> >
> 
> This seems more like an anaconda question then a livecd question, don't 
> you think?
> 
> -- Jeroen
> 
Good point.  I got confused by this page,
https://projects.centos.org/trac/livecd/wiki/InstallToHardDrive
(the fault lies with me, not the page) which says the anaconda included
in CentOS 5 does not support installing to a hard disk from the livecd,
and to do so requires a newer version of anaconda than is available for
CentOS.  Why is that?  What is it about the anaconda in the stock CentOS
5 that doesn't support installing from the livecd to the hard drive?  My
case is probably different than what the above page is addressing, but
I'm trying to understand how it all works.  Thanks.

Peter