On 05/03/2011 04:34 PM, Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
Hi All,
I am hoping to run a python script in the background during %pre to monitor
the kickstart install status. My script will periodically send status to a
server somewhere within LAN and report the current installation status.
Running a python script in %pre and sending status to a remote server is the
easy part but I am not sure what to monitor to retrieve the kickstart
install status.
One thought I have is to monitor the /mnt/sysimage/root/install.log and
compare the number of packages installed and the number of packages
specified in the ks.cfg and get a rough estimate of the kickstart install
status.
I am not sure if this is a correct way to do or there's a better to do so.
Please let me know if you've any suggestion or thought.
Thanks!
- David
My memory says that the install.log is actually in /tmp/install.log.
After the installation is finished it is copied to
/mnt/sysimage/root/install.log.
For fedora systems, I enabled sshd and require a password:
sshpw --username=root XXXXXXXX --plaintext
If I want to check status, I ssh in and look. If I don't, there's a
script that will email me when it has finished.
On RH5 systems, I enabled vnc and would use vncviewer to connect and
check progress.
Otherwise, watching the number of packages installed in install.log works.
Hugh
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