On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 msimoni@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > John wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 msimoni@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > I would like to write to a file (during a RH8.0 kickstart install) from > > > the %pre section then append to this file from the %post. I have no > > > problems appending to the file from the %post section but I could not > > > manage to write from the %pre. > > > > Writing's not a problem. Careful where you write lest it get clobbered > > later. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > Thanks for your reply but writing is a problem. This are the 3 last sections > from my ks.cfg : > %post > echo "blabla" >> /tmp/ks.mylog -> writes blabla in /tmp/ks.mylog > > %post --nochroot > echo "bla bla" >> /mnt/sysimage/tmp/ks.mylog -> I get blabla + bla bla in > the file > > %pre > echo "from %pre to /tmp" >> /tmp/test-file -> nothing goes in the file > echo "from %pre to /mnt" >> /mnt/sysimage/tmp/test-file -> nothing either in > the file I don't have a machine to try a ks on at the moment. I expected the first %pre to work, the second to (often) fail (because in the second case the filesystem hasn't been prepared yet) I'm pretty sure saw in the RHL 8.0 docs that you _can_ write extra stuff for ths ks file someplace, and %include it. Check the release notes, customisation guide and such.
