Hi Michael, I just wanted to pop you a THANK YOU e-mail for your prompt & superb reply. Your solution is spot-on and exactly what I need to get the ball rolling. The people in my office have been left wondering why I've been whooping and punching the air for the last five minutes! Thanks a lot man -- really good solution. Rgds, David Bartlett. --- Michael Shuler <mshuler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Bartlett wrote: > > 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. > > We use the following method as a beginning point, in > order to have > interactive post-install scripting, as well as > logging the complete > output of post-install to the terminal and to a text > file, which is > uploaded back to the kickstart server for > documentation, as the last > script called in %post. > > %post > # change to new vt and set stout/stdin > exec < /dev/tty6 > /dev/tty6 > chvt 6 > # run post-install > > # write/call scripts here > > # change back to first vt > chvt 1 > > -- > Kind Regards, > Michael Shuler > Rackspace Managed Hosting > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
