Echo'ing data to vt3 when running %post

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 17:22 -0600, Dan Trainor wrote:
> Hello, all -
> 
> I have a few applications taht are run during %post, which I've been
> having trouble with - mainly with data input corruption.
> 
> I was trying to see if it was possible to echo all output frmo a %post
> section to vt3, or even better, a file.
> 
> Anyone know how I can do this?
> 

Something cool I picked up from the admin of the math department here at
duke:


%post --nochroot
ln -s /mnt/sysimage/etc/termcap /etc/termcap

# download the post.sh into the chroot
chroot /mnt/sysimage /usr/bin/wget -O /tmp/post.sh \
  http://someplace/post.sh  >>/mnt/sysimage/root/foo.output 2>&1


chmod +x /mnt/sysimage/tmp/post.sh
# run it in an xterm
DISPLAY=:1.0 xterm -geometry 80x25+150+160 -e chroot /mnt/sysimage  \
     /tmp/post.sh >>/mnt/sysimage/root/foo.output 2>&1

/bin/rm -f /mnt/sysimage/tmp/post.sh



so in a graphical install it will pop up the xterm to run your %post :)

-sv