%post is by default chrooted to /mnt/sysimage try adding this before your existing %post: %post --nochroot cp /tmp/drivetype /mnt/sysimage/tmp/drivetype -Ed On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 14:41, Rebecca.R.Hepper@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello All, > > I am working with RedHat 9.0. In my %pre section I determine the type of > hard drives and create a file containing the drive type as shown below: > > echo "ide" > /tmp/drivetype > > In my %post section I try to read the info from that file into a variable: > > %post > driveType=`cat /tmp/drivetype` > > I receive the following error message during the %post: cat: > /tmp/drivetype: No such file or directory > > If I go to the alt-F2 window, I see the file and can do a 'cat' on it. > > What is going on? > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
