Kickstart hangs with "Running Pre-install Scripts"

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Issue

  • Kickstart hangs with "Running Pre-install Scripts" . Pre-script is added into kickstart with below code:

>>
%pre
chvt 6

## Query for hostname, then write it to 'network' file
read -p "

What is my hostname?

" NAME /dev/tty6 2>&1

echo "NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=${NAME}" > network

chvt 1
>>

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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