<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Pre-Installation Script</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Kickstart Configurator" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Package Selection" HREF="system-config-kickstart-pkgs.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Post-Installation Script" HREF="system-config-kickstart-postinstall.html"></HEAD><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="rhdocs-man.css" ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Kickstart Configurator</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-pkgs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-postinstall.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-PRESCRIPT" ></A >Chapter 11. Pre-Installation Script</H1 ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="REDHAT-CONFIG-KICKSTART-PRESCRIPT-FIG" ></A ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="./figs/ksconfig-prescript.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><B >Figure 11-1. Pre-Installation Script</B ></P ></DIV ><P > You can add commands to run on the system immediately after the kickstart file has been parsed and before the installation begins. If you have configured the network in the kickstart file, the network is enabled before this section is processed. If you would like to include a pre-installation script, type it in the text area. </P ><P > If you want to specify a scripting language to use to execute your script, select the <B CLASS="GUILABEL" >Use an interpreter</B > option and enter the interpreter in the text box beside it. For example, <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >/usr/bin/python2.2</B ></TT > can be specified for a Python script. This option corresponds to using <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >%pre --interpreter <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >/usr/bin/python2.2</I ></TT ></TT > in your kickstart file. </P ><DIV CLASS="CAUTION" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="CAUTION" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="./stylesheet-images/caution.png" HSPACE="5" ALT="Caution"></TD ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="CENTER" ><B >Caution</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD > </TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P > Do not include the <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >%pre</TT > command. It will be added for you. </P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-pkgs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="system-config-kickstart-postinstall.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Package Selection</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Post-Installation Script</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >