On 15 January 2016 at 01:13, Jean-Michel Barbet
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> Hello all,
>
> I am fighting with SL72 systemd. I am trying to build kind of an
> appliance based on a LiveCD (created with livecd-creator).
>
> The idea is to read an USB key, early enough in the startup process, and
> overwrite somes files in /etc with the content of the USB key.
> In particular, there are /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-xxx files
> for configuring the network, ssh keys and a /etc/rsyslogd/file.conf
>
> I did it using a rc-local.service but it is not run early enough and
> the network configuration is not right.
>
> => Did someone on this list try sth similar ? Ideas on how to have
>    the USB read early ?
>
> Moreover, I am doubtful on the use of NetworkManager service in this
> situation.

I don't think this is actually a systemd or a networkmanager problem.
It is a dracut problem and what you want to do is going to need to be
in the kernel initramfs with the items in it. I hate to use the
academic "The rest is left as a problem for the student." but I
haven't done much with this myself.



>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> JM
>
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