> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Wilson [mailto:RWilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > This may be a silly question, I've only been working with > Linux for about 3 > months now, so please forgive me if this is not an > appropriate question. > > There is no mention of the --nochroot switch in Martin > Hamilton's RedHat > Linux KickStart How to. > > Red Hat's customization guide briefly mentions this but does > not really > explain why I need to set this switch. > > My scripts seem to run without --nochroot, why would I need > to use this? The chroot command is to `change root`. On a running system, the root is set to /. There are instances when it is good to change the root for certain programs (e.g. bind), so that it cannot get out of the changed root directory. In relation to kickstart, the installer changes the root to /mnt/sysimage, which happens to be the root of your newly installed system. You would use --nochroot, for instance, if you wanted to get something from the CD. You can use both --nochroot and the chrooted environment: %post commands etc... %post --nochroot cp /mnt/source/directory/on/cd /mnt/sysimage/root (this copies the directory on the cd to /root). Forrest
