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--ignoremissing
Ignore the missing packages and groups instead of halting the installation to ask if the installation
should be aborted or continued. For example:
%packages ignoremissing
31.6. Pre-installation Script
You can add commands to run on the system immediately after the ks.cfg has been parsed. This
section must be at the end of the kickstart file (after the commands) and must start with the %pre
command. You can access the network in the %pre section; however, name service has not been
configured at this point, so only IP addresses work.
Note
Note that the pre-install script is not run in the change root environment.
--interpreter /usr/bin/python
Allows you to specify a different scripting language, such as Python. Replace /usr/bin/python
with the scripting language of your choice.
31.6.1. Example
Here is an example %pre section:
%pre
#!/bin/sh
hds=""
mymedia=""
for file in /proc/ide/h* do
mymedia=`cat $file/media`
if [ $mymedia == "disk" ] ; then
hds="$hds `basename $file`"
fi
done
set $hds
numhd=`echo $#`
drive1=`echo $hds | cut d' ' f1`
drive2=`echo $hds | cut d' ' f2`
#Write out partition scheme based on whether there are 1 or 2 hard drives
if [ $numhd == "2" ] ; then
#2 drives
echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 2 drives" > /tmp/partinclude
echo "clearpart all" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part /boot fstype ext3 size 75 ondisk hda" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part / fstype ext3 size 1 grow ondisk hda" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part swap recommended ondisk $drive1" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part /home fstype ext3 size 1 grow ondisk hdb" >> /tmp/partinclude
else
#1 drive
echo "#partitioning scheme generated in %pre for 1 drive" > /tmp/partinclude
echo "clearpart all" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part /boot fstype ext3 size 75" >> /tmp/partinclud
echo "part swap recommended" >> /tmp/partinclude
echo "part / fstype ext3 size 2048" >> /tmp/partinclude
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