Florin Andrei wrote: > Karanbir Singh wrote: >> >> the 'normal' way to do such config stuff is via a module for >> firstboot, which runs the first time a machine boots.... > > I want the user to enter as much as possible at the very beginning of > the process, then walk away and the installation should continue after > that 100% unattended. > It's very handy if you have to build dozens of servers ASAP. ;-) > >> since you are going this in %pre rather than %post, i presume some of >> the choices a user makes at this stage will influence the installer in >> someway ? > > Yes. All systems are the same, except a few small differences. It's > those differences that the installer must ask. > > And now I have the solution. > Apparently, %pre is displayed on tty3, but the input is still on tty1. > Ugly, but we have to deal with it. So, this is a %pre that works fine: > > %pre > chvt 3 > exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 > echo -n "Enter blah: " # If tee is available echo -n Enter blah: | tee /dev/tty1 # Otherwise echo -n >/dev/tty Enter blah: > read blah > echo $blah > /tmp/ks-blah > chvt 1 > exec < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list