vmware / vmware/photon

Enhance the kickstart file to ignore the bootable media

Open
#1,294 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

enhancement
Dominant language
C
Stars
3.2k
Forks
692
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

As of now the kickstart file has "eject_cdrom" parameter which ideal for removing the bootable CD after installation, but in case of some other use cases like using USB stick. the system will restart and will give the boot menu again.

Describe the solution you'd like

Adding one more parameter to take a decision based on it either by restarting or shutdown.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

The suggested solution is similar to the one is used in the centos kickstart file. in the kickstart file you can write "Reboot" or "shutdown" to restart the system or shutdown it respectively.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the kickstart implementation and the existing handling for the "eject_cdrom" parameter. Compare the requested reboot/shutdown choice with the CentOS kickstart behavior described in the issue. Done means the kickstart option can select restart or shutdown, including avoiding a USB boot-menu loop.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
centos, linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.