Kickstart confusion
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at iesabroad.org
Thu Jun 16 13:53:30 UTC 2005
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> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil Marjoram
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:53 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Kickstart confusion
>
> I am trying to run some post install commands with a
> kickstart installation, but some of them don't work;
>
> %post
> /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 isdn off -WORKS
> /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 pcmcia off - WORKS
> /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 ypbind off - WORKS
> /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 ntpd on - WORKS mkdir
> /mnt/install -WORKS mount -t nfs 128.40.159.53:/export/ftp
> /mnt/install - WORKS rpm -ivh /mnt/install/os/packages/apt* -
> WORKS rpm -ivh /mnt/install/os/packages/webmin* - WORKS rpm
> -ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-2.6*- DOES NOT WORK rpm
> -ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-smp*- DOES NOT WORK rpm
> -ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-utils*- DOES NOT WORK rpm
> --import /mnt/install/os/packages/RPM* - WORKS rpm --import
> /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY - WORKS cp -a --reply=yes
> /mnt/install/os/configs/* /mnt/sysimage/etc - DOES NOT WORK
> ntpdate a.server.co.uk - WORKS service autofs restart - WORKS
> service ntpd restart - WORKS apt-get -y update - WORKS
> apt-get -y upgrade - WORKS
>
> The kernel install I think I understand, but the copy command
> I don't.
> The syntax is correct, but I think it may be something to do
> with the chroot environment, the manual suggests running with
> %post --nochroot, but if I do this nothing works at all.
>
> I assume I have done something really stupid which I just
> can't see. Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil.
>
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Do the failed commands show any output? If so what is the output?
-Mike
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