RHEL5 kickstart needs to mount cdrom in postinst

[Jason Edgecombe]

Martin Steinmann wrote:
>>> Is
>>> this an updated stage2.img?
>>>       
>> No, it's just an updated installmethod.py that will be used in place
>>     
> of
>   
>> the one that comes with anaconda.
>>
>>     
>>> Adding it to the boot flags means adding it
>>> to isolinux.cfg?
>>>       
>> When you boot up and are staring at the boot prompt on the CD, you
>>     
> just
>   
>> add updates=... after the target you want to boot.  You can do this
>>     
> with
>   
>> network booting as well.
>>
>> The updates procedure is documented in the docs/install-methods.txt
>>     
> file
>   
>> that comes with anaconda and at
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates.
>>
>>     
>
> Wow! It worked. Many thanks for all the help. I added the updates.img
> file into the tree on the CD and created a new CD. It now runs
> postinstall without ejecting the CD.
>
> Is there a similarly elegant way to add a driver disk image?  I am still
> struggling embedding an additional RAID driver into the boot CD. I
> suppose I need to update the initial initrd file (using mkinitrd) and
> then tell Anaconda to load the driver image during stage2. Can the
> driver disk image be placed somewhere into the tree similar to the
> updates.img?
>
> Thanks
> --martin
>
>
>  
Yes.

Look for the driverdisk option at
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-options.html

That option is in RHEL4 & 5 that I know of.

Sincerely,
Jason