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>Chapter 11. Pre-Installation Script</H1
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>Figure 11-1. Pre-Installation Script</B
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> 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.
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> If you want to specify a scripting language to use to execute your
script, select the <B
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>Use an interpreter</B
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enter the interpreter in the text box beside it. For example,
<TT
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>/usr/bin/python2.2</B
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> can be specified for a Python
script. This option corresponds to using <TT
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>%pre --interpreter
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