-----Original Message----- From: Kyle Powell [mailto:kpowell@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 11:39 AM To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' Subject: Re: extra packages -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > You seem not to be able to do ALT-F2 during the %post part. And it > went very quickly (I just did sleep 5000 which I hope is about 8 minutes). > It went way quicker than that, but the "Installing bootloader" is taking > forver. I wonder whether my sleep statement is taking place there > instead? No, you certainly should be able to switch to VT 2 while the %post script is running. If anaconda seems to be finishing the post script quickly and you have a 'sleep 5000' in your post script, this would indicate the post script is not running completely, at least not far enough to reach the sleep (sleep 5000 would sleep for 5000 seconds, which is nearly an hour and a half). > %post --nochroot > mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom > mount /tmp/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > mkdir /tmp/inst > cp /mnt/cdrom/addon/*.tz /tmp/inst/ > cd /tmp/inst > tar -zxvf preimage.tz > cd preimage > ./install > cd .. > tar -zxvf nppt.tz > cd nppt > ./install > > 1. How do I access the addon directory on the DVD? I know it is there > because on a Linux system I put the DVD in the reader and see it. When installing from CD or DVD, it will already be mounted at /mnt/source. I would recommend you use two post scripts. Copy the files from the CD in a - --nochroot post script, then run the install in a regular (chroot'ed) post script. %post --nochroot mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/tmp/inst cp /mnt/source/addon/* /mnt/sysimage/tmp/inst %post cd /tmp/inst tar -zxvf preimage.tz cd preimage ./install cd .. tar -zxvf nppt.tz cd nppt ./install > 2. How can I test thet %post without wasting a DVD each time? If you have a second machine you could pull the ks.cfg via http, or if you have a floppy, you could get the kickstart file from the floppy drive. These would allow you to change the kickstart file without burning a new DVD each time. If you absolutely want to pull the kickstart file from the iso each time (instead of just changing the ks= line to point to the cdrom once all your testing is complete) you could kickstart a virtual machine and present the iso file to the VM without actually burning a DVD. - -- Kyle Powell | Red Hat | Senior Consultant, RHCE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJEIjq7pTtanQdBU4RArnMAJ9IkpJ7MTibLhB+QXe2XWWLNAEZ7ACgh2hs JZ1VNQZe9yH2J5dWs2qvWD4= =WtHD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Under both %post and %post --nochroot I did finds and could not find my stuff (preimage.tz, etc). Later in the %post I did a mkdir /tmp/disk mount /dev/hdc /tmp/disk mkdir /tmp/addon cp /tmp/disk/addon/* /tmp/addon and that worked. I could cd and untar and install. The thing is, if I make this disk how will I know the cdrom is always /dev/hdc? And why doesn't it show up in /mnt/source/ ? Also it looks like the %post is not being run in the postinstall but rather in the place where it says "installing bootloader" _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
