Description of problem: A kickstart installation using a ks.cfg file embedded inside the iso of a Fedora-18-Live-Desktop is impossible. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-18-Live-Desktop.iso (32 and 64 bits) How reproducible: Making the steps showed below Steps to Reproduce: 1.-I've loop-mounted Fedora 18 iso in a folder. 2.-I've placed a ks.cfg file made by hand in the root of this folder. 3.-I've added an entry to isolinux/isolinux.cfg like this: label soyuncrack menu label ^Instalacion desatendida kernel vmlinuz0 append initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=Pepito ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg menu default 4.-Finally, I've created the new iso like this: mkisofs -r -V "Pepito" -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o newfedora.iso fedorafolder 5.-I've run iso in a VirtualBox VM and in a Virt-Manager/KVM VM. Actual results: The iso boot doesn't recognize the presence of the kickstart file...it seems like ks.cfg doesn't exists. But no errors are showed. Only a graphical screen (I don't want any Gnome sutff, just only a plain installer!) showing "Ooops, something has gone wrong!" or similar. Expected results: An unattended and customized installation of a Fedora system
We've not made any guarantees about live installs plus kickstart in the past, and I am not going to introduce yet another installation method by doing so now. If you'd like, you can try putting the kickstart file on another location like a network source and attempt that, though.
Ok, thanks. Do you mean that this method using the DVD instead the Live install could work? What it works perfectly is an Ubuntu Alternative Install CD + Kickstart file inside it: this is surprising because native the Ubuntu automation system is the "preseed" file....