f9 grub kernel arguments and kickstart questions

[Skunk Worx]

Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 10:12 -0700, Skunk Worx wrote:
>> Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 6/13/08, Skunk Worx <skunkworx at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Skunk Worx <skunkworx at verizon.net>
>>>> Subject: f9 grub kernel arguments and kickstart questions
>>>> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>>> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:54 PM
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I see that my f9 installs have a grub kernel argument
>>>> 'root=UUID={hex}'
>>>>
>>> In my computer, only the default Fedora 9 kernel installs such an entry, the others appear to be normal
>>>
>> Huh. I'll have to take a look at this.
>>
>> I have releases/Everything and updates in my local repo, and I think I 
>> am getting the newest kernel on a ks install with the root=UUID line.
>>
>> But I won't be able to verify this until Tuesday.
>>
>>>> Also I know I can 'append' things in kickstart like
>>>> "vga=791 acpi=force 
>>>> reboot=b', but can I remove the 'rhgb quiet'?
>>>>
>>> Yes you may.  Booting still works fine :)
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> John
>>>>
>> Yes...I wasn't clear enough. It seem the two options are there by 
>> default and I prefer them not to be :-) It's just preference and no 
>> problem to take them out after the install. But one less thing to do 
>> after the network install is preferred.
> ----
> I haven't given it much thought but it surely would be possible to use a
> post-installation script to do something like 
> 
> sed -i 's/rhgb quiet//g' /boot/grub/grub.conf
> 
> to remove them
> 
> Craig
> 

I agree and I'll have to try this. However as I recall (dimly) there are 
some changes to the install that are finalized after the post-install 
section, which is why I prefer the up front, deterministic approach when 
I can get away with it!

---
John