On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Pierre Etzel wrote: > hello all > I would like to put a postinstall script on the kickstart file (on my > own redhat 7.2cd) > I would that my script make 3 things: > -Call linuxconf to configure the network > -Call fdisk to make a lvm device (and 3 device on the lvm but without a > fixed size, i would like to choise the size) > -Copy a rpm who name is "los-config" on /root/ (this rpm is on the cd of > course) > > > I have never made a shell sript so you can see how i need help > Thanks in advance The facility to use post-install scripts is part of the kickstart process. You're on th wrong list for questions about that, though the topics overlap enough, and the volume os low enough, I'd be happy to have one list for both topics. Kickstart is an automated install process, which, just to confuse the issue, can be interactive. You create a kickstart file which describes the configuration you want, and it controls Anaconda - the installer - to produce the installed system you want. I recommend you do not use linuxconf; while it still has its fans, Red Hat has dropped it, and there were numerous reports of it doing things it should not have done without telling the user, resulting in unexpected system failures. You can change the install tree to insert your package and make it selectable or automatically-chosen, just like standard RHL packages. Read http://www.linuxworks.com.au/redhat-installer-howto.html for a good writeup on this. For configuring the network, if you can't do it any other way, using standard kickstart facilities, then manuall configure a network the way you want it, and write a script to put the necessary file(s) in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (be sure to make it executable). In its simplest form, a script is a sequence of commands such as you'd type at the console. Indeed, over time, I*'ve found myself typing in the occasional construct that previously I used only in scripts. -- Please, reply only to the list.
