How to force Anaconda to prompt for the hostname during installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart file?
Issue
- By default Anaconda does not ask for a
hostname. It will use the one that is set in the kickstart file or else will fail. - How to force Anaconda to prompt for the
hostname, so that the kickstart file can be used for multiple machines?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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