Which version of Redhat are you using? If version 7.x, which CD did you put it on? Forrest > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lewandowski [mailto:Peter.Lewandowski@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:59 AM > To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Cc: 'sethal@xxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: post installation scripts > > > Hi, > > Well, yes you are right. I am trying to copy a directory on > the CD (extra) > to the root user's home directory. Is that not possible at > all? I get errors > that the source directory does not exist. > > Regards, > Peter Lewandowski > > -----Original Message----- > From: Seth Alford [mailto:sethal@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: den 22 juni 2001 06:45 > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: post installation scripts > > > > --- Peter Lewandowski <Peter.Lewandowski@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > 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. > > > .... > > I know that you mentioned /mnt/sysimage/root > previously > in this thread. But, let me ask a stupid question > anyway. You're talking about copying from > /mnt/source/extra to /mnt/sysimage/root/, right? > > This sort of thing does work for me. Here's a > fragment of my kickstart file that I used with > RH 7.0 (sorry for the word wrap:) > > %post --nochroot > cp /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-common*rpm > /mnt/sysimage/tmp > > Further down in the kickstart file, I had another, > non-chrooted %post script, which did something like: > > cd /tmp > rpm -ivh glibc-common*rpm > > You might ask why I was doing this. Why not > just include the glibc-common in the %packages > list? I tried, but as I recall, rpm complained > about a missing link, and wouldn't install > glibc-common correctly. It worked after everything > else was installed. The glibc-common rpm was > from RedHat's Errata page, and was intended for > installation on already installed systems. > > --Seth > sethal@xxxxxxxxx > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.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 >
