Steve, did you examine the server logs? is there an error message? regards from Magdeburg, Frederik On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 09:53:07AM -0400, Steven Garrett wrote: > Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I guess my question is more when I try to > mount the file system, all it does is hang. I've disabled the firewall > within kickstart,so that *shouldn't* be a problem. I wouldn't think I'd > have to start mountd, portmapper and the like for this would I since I'm > doing my install via nfs. > > Thanks, > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Rowlands [mailto:phr@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:46 PM > To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Re: %post question > > > On Thu, 22 May 2003, Steven Garrett wrote: > > >I'm trying to get a shell script to run from a nfs server during the %post > >portion of the kickstart. I've looked at the documentation on redhat.com > >and tried what it said, but didn't work. > > > >in my %post section is > >%post --nochroot > >mkdir /mnt/temp > >mount 172.16.0.100:/d1/redhat/common /mnt/temp > >read -s -w --/mnt/temp/shell.sh > > I'm not sure what that "read -s -w --" is trying to do. Try writing: > > /mnt/temp/shell.sh > > Remember that all paths to files on the newly installed system will have > to be prefixed with /mnt/sysimage if you use --nochroot. > > > Hope this helps, > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list