>> > Ok I found a %post section in kickstart but is it valid to > put a "yum -y update" there? > > ---------------- %post export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH echo "Yum Update" yum -y update yum yum -y update yum clean all ----------------- I did make a %post section in my file, added the "yum -y update" (got a machine to try it on) and looks like a couple things happened: 1) It could not find the mirror. Even though I'm running DHCP I would not resolve a name after switching to one of the character consoles. 2) root is still /mnt/sysimage. Do I need to change that by running chroot /mnt/sysimage before running the yum -y update THanks, for the suggestions. Jerry