RHEL5 Ejecting CD Before %post

[Jason Edgecombe]

Goetz Rieger wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm building a completely CD/DVD based RHEL5 kickstart install. I've 
> to integrate additional stuff like JBoss and Raid utilities. I have 
> tried the same way I've done it a lot of times with RHEL4 by mounting 
> and accessing the CD/DVD in the %post stage.
>
> Apart from the /tmp/cdrom device file disappearing after the packages 
> are installed (does make mounting the CD not easier) it looks like the 
> CD is ejected before the post scripts are run. To verify I did a:
>
> %post
> echo "Sleeping in %post..." > /tmp/anaconda_dbg.log
> sleep 180
> %post --nochroot
> echo "Sleeping in %post --nochroot..." >> 
> /mnt/sysimage/tmp/anaconda_dbg.log
> sleep 180
>
> The CD is clearly ejected before %post is done. So remounting to get 
> to my custom files is out of question. Am I overlooking something 
> obvious or is there a way to prevent this behaviour?

eject -t /dev/device will retract an open motorized cdrom tray.

Jason