On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, James Oden wrote: > > > > > > given that a ks file can have only one %post section (right?), > > and that section is either --nochroot or not (right?), if i > > want to get both effects, can i just start with the --nochroot > > directive and, in the middle of the %post section, do a simple > > > > chroot /mnt/sysimage > > > > and keep going? is there anything tricky or non-intuitive about > > this i should know about? > > > Well, the answer I would think does not lie in kickstart but the chroot > command. The chroot command is going to do the chroot call and then > launch /bin/sh (or is /bin/bash on linux...either way its the same shell). > So if you really wanted to do that you would need to either create > a script with a here document or have one installed by an rpm and have > your chroot call be made like: > > chroot /mnt/sysimage path_to_script_in_chroot_env ok, i'll think about that. admittedly, i don't have a persuasive reason to need this feature -- it was more for just curiosity and wondering whether *anyone* had ever found a compelling need to do this and, if so, how? > > Though I was looking at some anaconda source the other day that led me > to believe you could have multiple %post sections; wish I could recall where > that was. and *that* would be useful to know, too. again, not sure what i'd do with that information, but what the heck. rday
