hi, if you have the mtools package installed, you can do "mcopy a:file /path/to/file" Jason Edgecombe wyvern wrote: > > Ooops, I should have mentioned that I'm installing linux via NFS. Thus > /mnt/source points to the nfs filesystem, not the floppy. I'm sorry, I > should have mentioned this. Is there another way? > > Jan > > >>>Jan Van Uytven>>> System Administrator>>> > >>>University of Victoria TRIUMF>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>wyvern@xxxxxxx>>>(250)721-7741>>>>>>>> > >>>altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, ForrestX > Sent: December 10, 2001 2:03 PM > To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: Accessing floppy from %post > > > Hi All, > > > > I want to be able to copy some files from a secure server. I > > don't want > > to expose those files with nfs, so I was thinking of using scp with an > > identity key, which I would like to store on the Kickstart floppy. The > > problem is, I'm not sure how to access the floppy from the %post > > section. I tried things like > > > > Mkdir /mnt/floppy; mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy and > > > > Mount /mnt/sysimage/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, > > > > But these do not seem to work. Could somebody point me in the right > > direction? The HOWTO doesn't seem to explain how to do this. > > > > Jan > > > > wyvern@xxxxxxx > > IIRC the floppy should be mounted under /mnt/source (look at this > directory > once kickstart has begun). If it is, you should be able to copy files > over > in the %post --nochroot environment: > > %post --nochroot > cp /mnt/source/ssh-key /mnt/sysimage/root/.ssh/identity (the .ssh > directory > must exist, of course). > > Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > 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
