Problem with copying file from install CD to harddrive in %post

[Philip Prindeville]

Actually, this is a larger issue:  /mnt/source should remain mounted until
after the %post scripts have run.  It's a bug that this isn't the case 
(it used
to be in prior versions).

See "Newbie questions about Kickstart" on anaconda-devel for more
details.

-Philip



Pat wrote:
> I tried your suggestion Phillip however /mnt/source
> was not found. After doing some more digging, I found
> an old thread which addressed this issue. See 'Install
> of rpm packages in %post - script' thread at:
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2004-April/thread.html#00024
>
> Here's the section I added which enabled me to copy my
> files from the install disc.
>
> %post --nochroot
> mkdir -p /mnt/source
> mount /tmp/cdrom /mnt/source
> cp /mnt/source/custom.tar.gz /mnt/sysimage/root/
> umount /mnt/source
>
>
> Hope this helps someone else out there. Thanks!
>
>   
>> I'm not sure, but I suspect there might be issues
>> related to the major/minor
>> device numbers being wrong in the chroot'd
>> environment.  Maybe.
>>
>> In any case, you could try:
>>
>> %post --nochroot
>> cp /mnt/source/xyzzy /mnt/sysimage/foo/bar/
>>
>> instead.
>>
>> -Philip
>>
>>     
>
>