[IAEP] Could a KS file be used in the Fedora11 net install to customize the clone process?

[Thomas C Gilliard]

David;

Great News. Duplication is possible and quite rapid in terminal:


> root at 520n-robert:/home/robert/Desktop# dd if=/dev/sdg of=USB8.img
> 15687680+0 records in
> 15687680+0 records out
> 8032092160 bytes (8.0 GB) copied, 421.146 s, 19.1 MB/s
> root at 520n-robert:/home/robert/Desktop# dd if=USB8.img of=/dev/sdg
> 15687680+0 records in
> 15687680+0 records out
> 8032092160 bytes (8.0 GB) copied, 2461.4 s, 3.3 MB/s
> root at 520n-robert:/home/robert/Desktop#

Sucessfully copies the USB stick! this is an exact copy and boot and 
runs well.

*Thus one can develop a custom install and then duplicate it.
* the same command can be repeated by pressing arrow cursor up and 
hitting return with new stick once the .img file is created.
* I have sucessfully done a [USB4.img.tar.gz] file and then uncompressed 
it. So it should be possible to download USB .img files over the net.


I had several failures though.:
(The USB's are slightly different in size sometimes even though same 
size and manufacturer)
(Bad elements?)

root at 520n-robert:/home/robert/Desktop# dd if=USB4.img of=/dev/sdg
dd: writing to `/dev/sdg': No space left on device
7843840+0 records in
7843839+0 records out
4016045568 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 1008.41 s, 4.0 MB/s
root at 520n-robert:/home/robert/Desktop#

Still testing

Tom Gilliard

David Farning wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Thomas C
> Gilliard<satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>   
>> David;
>>
>> 1-Could a KS file be used in the Fedora11 net install to customize the clone
>> process?
>>     
> Yes, I think so.
>
>   
>> 2-could it be in the Soas3 .iso tied to the already included anaconda?
>>     
>
> I don't think so, this afternoon I looked through the contents on the
> standard liveusb.iso and did not see a kickstart file.  It seems like
> the .iso is an image of an install which is just copied over to the
> drive for installation.
>
> Sebastian must keep the kickstart somewhere else.  I'll ping him and
> look for it.  I'll let you know if find out where it is.
>
> david
>
>   
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit
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