[CentOS] %include command in Kickstart

[Pierre Bourgin]

Al Sparks a écrit :
>> Al Sparks  :
>>> I have a kickstart file that basically runs the following:
>>> 
>>> install nfs --server=nfserver.blah.local
>>> --dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3 
>>> #include 
>>> %some_file.cfg
>>> 
>>> I want to be able to access or "include" a file on the nfs share not
>>> the local CDROM I've got this on.  How do I do that?

<snip #include syntax typo>

> Also, my network configuration includes a local DNS, so I've been able to
> reach the NFS server by name.

? strange: I've already test it (mainly under centos3) and an IP address was 
required for the NFS server; but I was booting via network (PXE), not from 
cdrom.

> But it occurs to me that I need to place
> that information on the ks.cfg file on the cdrom portion, not the 
> "some_file.cfg" located on the nfs share.

your configuration is unusual: you use the cdrom to boot, right ?
then you use an NFS server for the media location instead of the cdrom, right ?
So why in this case use the cdrom as storage for your include ks file ? it 
will be really easier to use an NFS resource to store this additional file.

Anyway, in this configuration, I guess the cdrom won't be mounted 
automatically, you have to do it in the main .ks file like this:

-----------------
install nfs --server=1.2.3.4 --dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3
%include /media/cdrom/anotherfile.ks

# the "pre"/"post" directives must be at the end of the .ks file
%pre
   mount /media/cdrom
------------------

I'm not shure this will work: does the install system has an entry in its 
/etc/fstab for "/media/cdrom" ?

It it's not the case, you will have to mount the cdrom "by hand", that means 
its device is subject to change depending on the hardware configuration of 
your machine: is it "hda", "hdb", "hdc" ... ?
You should try within the shell of console #2.
The "pre" section should then look like:

-----
%pre
   mount /dev/hda2 /media/cdrom
-----

>> install nfs --server=1.2.3.4 --dir=/vol/updts/staging/CentOS_4.3 
>> %include /path/to/file
>> 
>> Once the installation system is running, the mount point for the used
>> NFS share by directive "install" is /mnt/source .
> 
> The really great info you gave me is the mount point the nfs command 
> uses.

in fact, /mnt/source is the mount point of the source media (NFS, cdrom, 
whatever).
Once booted, goto onto console #2 with Ctl-Alt-F2 and use "mount" to see it.

Regards,
Pierre Bourgin