simple pre script for user input

[tony.chamberlain at lemko.com]

I'm betting the RPM program does not have its stdin from your terminal,
so it is waiting on the read for the IP, which, even though you enter
something, does not get read since your tty is not its stdin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Bailey [mailto:gbailey at terremark.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:12 PM
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Subject: simple pre script for user input

Playing around with a %pre script for user input, and while this works fine
in a normal shell, after I enter an IP it just hangs there and I have to hit
alt-f2 and kill the process before it moves forward .. Anyway ideas? Like I
said this works fine in a normal shell:

%pre
chvt 3
clear

CONSOLEIP=""
YES=n
while [ $YES != "y" ]
do
        echo -n "Enter the console IP: "
        read CONSOLEIP
        echo "You entered: $CONSOLEIP"
        echo -n "Is this correct? [y/n]: "
        read YES
done

echo $CONSOLEIP > /tmp/CONSOLEIP

chvt 1
%end

Glenn E. Bailey III, Operational Support Services gbailey at terremark.com
972-827-4292

terremark worldwide
222 W Las Colinas Blvd Ste 350E
Irving, TX 75039

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