No need for a separate ks.packages

el7.ks

@@ -19,13 +19,7 @@ repo --name=epel --mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=ep
 reboot
 
 %packages --nobase --ignoremissing
-%include /tmp/ks.packages
-
-%end
-
-cat << _EOF >> /tmp/ks.packages
 epel-release
-
 crontabs
 dhclient
 irqbalance
@@ -55,7 +49,6 @@ tcpdump
 pciutils
 nc
 lsof
-
 -iprutil
 -kernel-tools
 -kexec-tools
@@ -67,7 +60,12 @@ lsof
 -*-firmware
 -b43-openfwwf
 
-_EOF
+%end
+
+################################################
+# Detect hard drives before starting the install
+################################################
+%pre --log /tmp/pre.log
 
 # ensure file exists
 touch /tmp/ks.partitions