One of the virtual consoles, I think Ctrl+Alt+F3 already displays the progress of %post. You will probably not require any such script but just to educate the users. Regards, Ajay On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:10:50 +0000 (GMT), David Bartlett <davidbartlett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I run a quite lengthy %post script (runtime = 5-10 > minutes) as part of my kickstart build and would like > to include some useful output to reassure my users > that the build process is running normally and has not > hung. A progress bar to match the [text interface] > anaconda style would be ideal, but lines of text > simply echoed to screen would be ok in the meantime. > > It looks as though the %post is spawned out of > anaconda and I'm not sure how to display messages to > screen from within my %post script (as anaconda still > owns the screen). I am reluctant to change the > anaconda python code as I really want to keep the > vendor tools standard. I use the text-only version of > anaconda and have no interest in the GUI component. > > Has anyone else successfully controlled the screen > whilst anaconda is running, or have any thoughts on > this? > > Thanks in advance. > > Rgds, David Bartlett. > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
