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EricBru
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ESXI 6.N kickstart preinstall section questions

I am looking into what is possible to do using the kickstart preinstall section with busybox as the shell.  I have some questions that I have not been able to find the answers to.

1) Can you access a console during the install by entering a command key combination? (you can do this with anaconda)

2) What commands are available to the busybox shell for during the preinstall.

3) What is the best way to log?

4) Can messages be sent to the console at least for debugging?

Same questions for the post install section.

The firstboot section I have no problems.

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GalNeb
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try https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/tag/ks-cfg

they have several good blogs on the use of kickstart files.

Old enough to know better, young enough to try anyway
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EricBru
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I  had looked at that site and it was informative but it's outdated (5.N).

It is a very useful site for a lot different topics.

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