Hey! , nothing seems wrong with your env ;) This is the way is it suppose to wrok. This is how you should understand. All the partitioning/installation and stuff you did while installation went into /mnt/sysimage. This does not come into effect until you reboot the system. mean while you have a ristricted env to do some common stuff while /mnt/sysimage just act as a normal directory. Okay so if you wanna make changes to something , those should go into /mnt/sysimage ... respective files. Let me give you an example. I needed to create a user in my post section. So this is what i did. cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/passwd /etc/passwd cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/group /etc/group cp -f /mnt/sysimage/etc/shadow /etc/shadow /mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin/useradd <user_name> -d <usr_home_path> -s /bin/bash -g <gorup> -G <group_member>, <group_member>..... cp -f /etc/passwd /mnt/sysimage/etc/passwd cp -f /etc/group /mnt/sysimage/etc/group cp -f /etc/shadow /mnt/sysimage/etc/shadow Also if you want to install packages there are two ways. 1) Include it in comps.xml and hdlist 2) In post section as described under. mkdir /tmp/cd mount /tmp/cdrom /tmp/cd /mnt/sysimage/bin/rpm -i /tmp/cdrom /tmp/cd/<your_package_name> Hope this helps. Neerad Mittal Lead Software Engineer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnar Þórarinsson" <art@xxxxxx> To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:46 AM Subject: Newbie problem with kickstart post section > Hi > I'm having a hard time getting the %post section to do what I want to > do, like turning services off and installing RPMs and fonts. > > chkconfig is not found unless I use /mnt/sysimage/sbin/chkconfig and > then it can't find /etc/init.d > > rpm -qa gives a blank output, like no rpms are installed. > > I'm guessing that theres something wrong with my environment ;) > > post section runs as : > %post --nochroot --interpreter=/bin/bash --log=/mnt/sysimage/root/post- > install.log > > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 telnet off > /mnt/sysimage/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 telnet off > > > System in RHEL WS 4.3 > > what am I doing wrong here ???? > > Regards. > > -- > -- > Regards > Arnar Thorarinsson > > Software Programmer / System Administrator > Systems Department, Air Traffic Services > Phone : +354 569 4289 > ------------------------------------------ > Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration > Reykjavik Airport > IS 121 Reykjavik > Iceland > http://www.caa.is > ------------------------------------------ > > > Thessi tolvupostur og vidhengi hans geta innihaldid > trunadarupplysingar og er eingongu aetladur theim sem hann er > stiladur a. > Oheimil medferd tolvuposts thessa og vidhengja hans getur vardad > skadabota- og refsiabyrgd samkvaemt logum um fjarskipti. Efni > tolvupostsins og vidhengja er a abyrgd sendanda ef thad tengist > ekki starfsemi Flugmalastjornar Islands. Ef Thu ert ekki skradur > mottakandi og hefur fengid skeytid vegna mistaka, vinsamlegast > hafdu strax samband vid sendanda. > > ------------ > > > This e-mail and its attachments is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than > the intended recipient is prohibited. > If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer. > > >
