Re: python scriptable kickstart?

[Brad Bueche <brad bueche com>]

Is Red-Hat willing to start a kick-start email list? Do we need one?
Everybody has a favorite install method with which they have previous
experience (mine was REXX on OS/2!). All of these people have great
ideas on how to improve kickstart. (Enterprise systems people have a
reall business need to see it significantly improved)

Does somebody want to start a web page for this? an email reflector?
Should it be RH centric? I have heard that Caldera has a good install
tool too.

Is this all about rpm? python? perl? And should it be constructed for
enterprise system's from the start? Should we bring in Noah White's
ideas on LDAP? <--Or is is this a an altogether different issue. Does
auto-rpm play a part here?

I think everybody agrees one thing: kickstart could stand some
significant improvement.

Is there an un-official Red Hat response to this?

Comments?

just wondering!
brad bueche
brad bueche com

Eric Gibson wrote:
> 
> Hey all :-)
>         In reply to my own post. I've been exploring
> kickstart in detail, and I've found some aspects of
> how kickstart is python is "scriptable". I especially
> look forward to the "driverdisk" argument, as this
> would make what I'm trying to do work.
> 
> When I boot of the kickstarted bootnet image floppy (I
> created) the controllers for scsi aren't present. In
> kickstart mode, it doesn't ask for a driver disk
> (which I now know how to make :-). I'm a novice Python
> programmer, but I'm going to spend some time trying to
> implement this so I can get this done now.
> 
> As a spoiled user of HPUX's Ignite, I'd love to see
> kickstart get to this level of automated installation.
> I'm just casting my vote here for it :-).
> 
> If any anaconda developers are listening, all I want
> for christmas 6.2 is the driverdisk kickstart command.
> I'd even be willing to contribute what code I can and
> my "real world" scenarios as far as kickstart
> installations are concerned.
> 
> Thanks!
> Eric Gibson
> Hewlett Packard
> 
> if you want to contact me quickly, email me at
> eric_gibson non hp com
> 
> 
> --- Eric Gibson <lyonfyre yahoo com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> >       I'm creating a kickstart for a customized version
> > of
> > redhat for a rollout of e-service servers. I read in
> > the manual that there was a new feature, python
> > scriptable kickstart, where you can dynamically call
> > python objects? I couldn't find anything about this
> > (besides that it exists) in the documentation or
> > with
> > a search on the internet. I tried reading the
> > kickstart.py on the CD, but it's uncommented (and I
> > know not of python). What should I be hacking at to
> > make some customizations via this interface?
> >
> > Suggestions Welcome,
> >
> > Eric Gibson
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