Hi, Alain, Thanks for pointing all this out. Question. If some commands are required to be run in chroot where as others in nochroot (ie copying the files from install media etc) . What in your openion should be done. You r right , rpm install might not work because of the restrictd env. I will try to figure out some of the ugly stuff for this too. So , is there any possiblity other than including in comps.xml and hdlist , that the rpm can be installed in post section? Neerad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neerad Niksun" <neeradm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <art@xxxxxx>; "Discussion list about Kickstart" <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Newbie problem with kickstart post section > 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. > > > > > > > > >
