Check the list archives also for discussion of using the 'dialog' program from a kickstart %post script. There's an assortment of widgets built into dialog that you may find useful. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Shuler [mailto:mshuler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:38 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: Re: Interactive in %post? > > > Matt Sturtz wrote: > > I tried this on my system, and I can switch to TTY2 and see > the shell > > running, but don't seem to have any control over it... Is it more > > complicated than just putting "/bin/bash" on a line by > itself? Which TTY > > should the shell be showing up on? > > It will show up where you tell it to, or in your current TTY ;) > > Try running %post on the first unused TTY: > > %post > # change to new vt and set stout/stdin > exec < /dev/tty6 > /dev/tty6 > chvt 6 > > # write or make calls to post-install 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 >
