Enhance the kickstart file to ignore the bootable media
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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.
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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.
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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