Since nobody responded, I spent days looking around on this and experimenting. It makes no sense to me that the ability to both log and display output is not intrinsic to kickstart. Note that the %pre --log parameter does not work, it always results in a 0-length log file. Also, the example of that option in: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html#sect-kickstart-preinstall is completely wrong anyway because it's logging %pre output to the non-existent built image. Summary of the solution that works for me for CentOS 7 kickstart: %pre --erroronfail exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 chvt 3 ( echo ... ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee /tmp/pre.log %end %post --nochroot --erroronfail cp /tmp/pre.log /mnt/sysimage/root/ %end %post --erroronfail exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 chvt 3 ( echo ... ) 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee /root/ks-post.log therbur <fxb7-ox9n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >The following method has worked for years with CentOS 5, to allow >live viewing of %post output and also logging it. It doesn't >work in CentOS 7. What is the recommended method now? > ># from kickstart text mode install > >%post --erroronfail > >chvt 3 >exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2> /dev/tty3 > >tail -F /root/ks-post.log & >( > >echo "Starting post-kickstart ..." > ># ... various commands > >echo "Done." >echo >echo "Do Alt-F1 and press Enter to reboot" > >) >> /root/ks-post.log 2>&1 > >%end _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
