From 79917e7e88226fb16dae5887407234c8d88c5f51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 11:04:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document kickstart restrictions on %include (#1418500) %include cannot be used with livemedia-creator Resolves: rhbz#1418500 --- README.livemedia-creator | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.livemedia-creator b/README.livemedia-creator index cee3bc44..240cd5ea 100644 --- a/README.livemedia-creator +++ b/README.livemedia-creator @@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ iso using GNOME, and the other to create a minimal disk image. When creating you own kickstarts you should start with the minimal example, it includes several needed packages that are not always included by dependencies. +livemedia-creator parses the 'part /' entry to determine how big a disk image +needs to be created. This means that the common kickstart technique of using +%pre to generate a partition scheme for use with %include will not work. There +needs to be a 'part /' entry in the main part of the kickstart. + +Only one kickstart file is supported, so if your kickstart is built from a +number of %include commands it needs to be flattened into a single file with +ksflatten first. + Or you can use existing spin kickstarts to create live media with a few changes. Here are the steps I used to convert the Fedora XFCE spin.