Display progress during long kickstart %post script

[David Bartlett]

Hi Michael,

I just wanted to pop you a THANK YOU e-mail for your
prompt & superb reply. Your solution is spot-on and
exactly what I need to get the ball rolling.

The people in my office have been left wondering why
I've been whooping and punching the air for the last
five minutes!

Thanks a lot man -- really good solution.

Rgds, David Bartlett.

 --- Michael Shuler <mshuler at rackspace.com> wrote: 
> David Bartlett wrote:
> > I run a quite lengthy %post script (runtime = 5-10
> > minutes) as part of my kickstart build and would
> like
> > to include some useful output to reassure my users
> > that the build process is running normally and has
> not
> > hung.
> 
> We use the following method as a beginning point, in
> order to have 
> interactive post-install scripting, as well as
> logging the complete 
> output of post-install to the terminal and to a text
> file, which is 
> uploaded back to the kickstart server for
> documentation, as the last 
> script called in %post.
> 
> %post
> # change to new vt and set stout/stdin
> exec < /dev/tty6 > /dev/tty6
> chvt 6
> # run post-install
> 
> # write/call scripts here
> 
> # change back to first vt
> chvt 1
> 
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Michael Shuler
> Rackspace Managed Hosting
> 
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