Egan Ford wrote:

I have observed the following install order with sles8 and suse81:

run pre script install packages run chroot script reboot run post script

With suse82:

run pre script install SOME packages run chroot script reboot install rest of packages run post script

This order can easily be changed. It all depends on the package database which also has the location a package on the CDs. So if you use the original package DB (suse/setup/desct/packages) a package can be on CD2 which means it will emulate installing from CDs and installing it after reboot. To force installation of all packages at one time, recreate the package database using create_package_descr (u need the right /usr/share/autoinstall/EXTRA_PROV which can be referenced with -x ).

Is there a script I can insert between the reboot and the "install rest of packages" with suse82?

You can always write something into /etc/init.d/boot.local before rebooting and remove it later. Anas