Hi again.. Thanks for the help Wouter. I got that part working now. The kickstart installation doesn't halt now, but I still haven't succeded with the copying part. I want to copy a directory from the installation CD to the /root directory. my guess was to do: %post --nochroot cp -rfp /mnt/source/extra/ /root/ The error message I get is: /mnt/source/extra: no such file or directory. But from the console (during the installation) I am able to copy (using the command above) the directory to /root. my question is what is the path to the cdrom within the kickstart file? Or how can copy the directory from the cdrom to the harddrive. -----Original Message----- From: Wouter Liefting [mailto:liefting@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: den 14 juni 2001 15:30 To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: post installation scripts Peter, A chmod 700 /root/install.sh might help. Second, .bashrc might not be the place where you will want to do things like this, since it is executed every time a subshell starts, including xterms, probably execs, and the install.sh script. You might want to use /root/.bash_profile or /etc/rc.local? (/etc/rc.local might not work if it is an interactive script though.) And to make things more readable, use inline scripting, like cat << END >> /mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc if [ -f /root/.unconfigured ] then rm -f /root/.unconfigured exec /root/install.sh /usr/sbin/netcfg fi END Regards, Wouter. Peter Lewandowski <Peter.Lewandowski@xxxxxxxxx> on 14-06-2001 10:37:38 Please respond to kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx To: "'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx'" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: post installation scripts Hi, I'm trying to copy some files on to the newly installed redhat machine in the %post section of the kickstart file, but it all just hangs! This is what I'm trying to do: %post --nochroot cp -p /mnt/source/extra/install.sh /mnt/sysimage/root # root user should run the script at startup touch /mnt/sysimage/root/.unconfigured echo "if [ -f /root/.unconfigured ]; then " >> /mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc echo " rm -f /root/.unconfigured" >>/mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc echo " exec /root/install.sh" >> /mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc echo " /usr/sbin/netcfg" >> /mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc echo "fi">>/mnt/sysimage/root/.bashrc Does it matter where in the %post section i put this code? Best Regards, ________________________________ Peter Lewandowski, M.Sc.Th CYGATE AB Software Engineer, Cygate Labs Box 749, Invernessvägen 2 S-182 17 DANDERYD, SWEDEN Phone: + 46 8 630 51 92 Mobile: + 46 70 690 61 51 Web: www.cygategroup.com _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
