Many thanks to you all. I have got it working and thought I would let you all know the config in the ks.cfg file in case anyone else has the same problems. %post --nochroot ln -sv /dev/hdc /tmp/cdromsource mkdir -p /mnt/source mount -t iso9660 /tmp/cdromsource /mnt/source >>/tmp/mount.log 2>&1 cp -f /mnt/source/custom.tar.gz /mnt/sysimage/root cd /mnt/sysimage/root gunzip custom.tar.gz tar -xf custom.tar rm custom.tar HTH Cheers Martin -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Rowlands Sent: 20 April 2004 10:26 To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: RE: Install of rpm packages in %post - script On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Martin Siddall wrote: >When opening the shell in the %post section I tried the commands an got >an error from mount saying that the file does not exist. Having checked >the mnt/source and /tmp/cdrom I found that the device file cdrom had >been deleted. [snip] >How can I create the device in the /tmp dir. See mknod(1), which I believe is part of the busybox builtin. Cheers, Phil _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list