Fedora 10, kickstart install (booted netinst image CD) - cannot eject CD during install

[Peter Schwenk]

Hello:

Let me start with some background to the problem.  I'm performing  
kickstart installations by booting the system with a CD made from the  
F10 netinst ISO.  My installation RPMs are stored on an NFS server.   
I've got the updates repository being served up by an HTTP server.

Now for the problem...  With previous versions of Fedora (and other  
Red Hat-related distros, like CentOS), I was able to push the eject  
button on the CD drive DURING THE INSTALLATION and get my boot CD out  
of the machine.  This was handy because I could start the  
installation, get my CD back and walk away from the machine.  Now,  
with Fedora 10, I am unable to get my CD out of the drive during the  
installation.  It is a minor hassle to have to come back later to  
retrieve my CD.  Plus, if I want to kickstart install multiple  
machines at once, I have to have many copies of the boot CD.

Setting up a PXE boot scenario is not a good solution because I do not  
have control over the campus' DHCP service.

Does anyone know how to eject a boot CD during a kickstart install?   
Thanks in advance for your help.


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Peter Schwenk
Campus IT Associate 3
Mathematical Sciences
University of Delaware
Newark, DE  19716-2553
schwenk _at_ math _dot_ udel _dot_ edu
http://www.math.udel.edu/~schwenk
(302) 831-0437 (v)