> Hi, > > Does anyone have a solution to mounting the cdrom in postinstall? > Initially I thought /dev/cdrom was available (thought I > tested it and saw > that it DID exist during postinstall). How does /dev/cdrom > get created > for you? Because immediately following a kickstart installation, > /dev/cdrom exists after you first boot into linux. > > Regardless; I need a way to mount the cdrom in postinstall > (be it /dev/hda > on a scsi/ide system, /dev/sdb on a scsi or what have you). I know > anaconda has it's own way of testing each device, depending on local > install type, to see which device is the cdrom, but how might > I achieve > reliable identification of the cdrom device during postinstall on an > arbitrary system each and every time regardless of hardware > type. I need > this piece in place in order to make running python based postinstall > scripts directly off the cdrom. And NO I don't want to > install them on > the system as an RPM during phase 2. > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike Why can't you use the %post --nochroot environment, where the cd is already mounted under /mnt/source, and the new install is mounted under /mnt/sysimage? Forrest
