Yep, that was it! I was editing the ks.cfg under what I THOUGHT was VI in RedHat 7.3 but the sneaky RH people symlinked Vim -> VI which hid all the ^M's. Once I noticed this, I used vim -b ks.cfg and saw all the ^M's. Thanks for the pointer! Chris -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buro, Nicholas F Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:30 AM To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: Problems with %post script execution Chris- You might want to make sure that your kickstart file is in "unix" format, use "dos2unix" to convert it. I have run into some issues where post-install commands do not run properly due to the ^M's.. Also, you may want to consider adding your init script in a different way. It is much cleaner to use chkconfig --add scriptname (this will also add it to the ntsysv utility). You just need to specify your Start/Stop/Runlevel options at the top of the script. Then you can remove it with chkconfig --del, just a thought, here is an example of the top of the script.. #! /bin/bash # # the 2,3,4,5 means it will start in runlevels 2,3,4,5 with priority 11 # and stop with priority 91 (stops in runlevels 1,6,0) # # then use 'chkconfig --add scriptname' to add it to ntsysv and the # appropriate runlevels # # scriptname script quick description # # chkconfig: 2345 11 91 # description: script description \ # the slash continues the line # # probe: true ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: $scriptname ### END INIT INFO # ####BEGIN SCRIPT##### Hope this helps. --Nick -----Original Message----- From: Chris Meisinger [mailto:chris.meisinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:44 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Problems with %post script execution Okay here's the problem that I'm running into. My kickstart works fine. It installs everything properly, updated RPMs, etc. in the %post section, it creates a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/, symlinks it over in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, and chmod +x's the script. It creates the script, but won't Chmod it or symlink it. Anything after the echo statement of the script itself does not work. I've attached the ks.cfg so you can check it out. ================= Begin ks.cfg ================= #Custom Kickstart for Redhat 7.3 Installs #Written for Communitech.Net by Chris M. #Completion Date - 07-09-02 - #System language lang en_US #Language modules to install langsupport --default en_US en_US #System keyboard keyboard us #System mouse mouse none #System timezone timezone --utc America/Chicago #Root password rootpw --iscrypted $1$KaøAãÄnW$QbgZaJuJdTG864D6wheMx/ #Reboot after installation reboot #System bootloader configuration bootloader --useLilo --linear --location=mbr #Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade install #Use FTP installation media url --url ftp://skillz.communitech.net/ #Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes #Clear all partitions from the disk clearpart --all --initlabel #Disk partitioning information part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 part swap --size 1000 part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow #Use DHCP networking network --bootproto dhcp #System authorization information auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #Firewall configuration firewall --disabled #Do not configure the X Window System skipx %packages @Network Support @Web Server @Utilities @Software Development @Kernel Development @Server @Software Development pine %post cat >/etc/rc.d/init.d/ks-post-reboot <<End_Of_Post_Reboot !/bin/bash # This script is run after the first reboot, then removes itself. # This should take a very large pain, out of my ass. Kthxbye. # -chrism 07-09-02 #Okay, putting perl into the ks.cfg is a pain. It halfass #Parses everything before hand. Consequently, all ref's to #the shell "$_" are interpreted as /bin/sh as that's technically #the shell that's it is run as, and all $_'s are changed to /bin/sh # this sucks. #I'm going to keep the %post section small, and have it grab a #modified install script and just run that. simple, and I don't # have to rewrite a bunch of stuff # -chrism 7-23-02 exec >/tmp/ks-post-output.log 2>&1 #This creates a logging facility in /tmp/ks-post-output.log tail -f /tmp/ks-post-reboot.log >/dev/tty7&; #this dumps all logging in realtime to TTY7, hit CTRL+F7 to seea wget -O /root/install.pl http://192.168.3.214/redhat73/install.txt chmod +x /root/install.pl /usr/bin/perl /root/install.pl #Cleanup to remove the script on the initial startup. Loops are bad... mmm'kay? rm -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/ks-post-reboot halt exit 0 #End of the reboot script End_Of_Post_Reboot #hook the post install script into RC.D so it'll actually run. chmod +x /etc/rc.d/init.d/ks-post-reboot ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/ks-post-reboot /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S86ks-post-reboot ================ End KS.CFG ================ _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. 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