On Friday 02 June 2006 17:13, Tom Brown wrote: > > Hijack the firstboot mechanism. > > how would one do that?? See /etc/init.d/firstboot and /usr/sbin/firstboot. Modify them in your %post to do what you want. Make an update module, or something similar. Since you're doing kickstart, you could drop in your own custom firstboot RPM that could do whatever it is you want on firstboot after installation. -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu