RHEL5 - copy files from DVD during %post

[Gerald Waugh]

Hi,

I have tried several things.
Including changing usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py
> 
>     * add this line into the setSteps function
>       dispatch.skipStep("methodcomplete")

and changing usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py

>     ("methodcomplete", doMethodComplete, ),
>     ("dopostaction", doPostAction, ),
>>
>      for
>>
>     ("dopostaction", doPostAction, ),
>     ("methodcomplete", doMethodComplete, ),
-

But always get "CentOS CD not found error"


Gerald


> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bryan 
> Schneiders
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:52 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: Re: RHEL5 - copy files from DVD during %post
> 
> 
> Here is everything I have in my notes from last time I did 
> this.  I don't remember why I used tar to copy the contents 
> of the stage2.img, but probably because it preserved 
> something that 'cp' didn't.
> 
> 
> # Do the following to disable the CDROM eject using kickstart:
> 
>     * to make changes to files on the ram filesystem:
> 
>       mkdir /mnt/image
>       mount -o loop /mnt/cdrom/images/stage2.img /mnt/image/
>       cd /mnt/image
>       tar -cvf ~/stage2.tar .
>       mkdir ~/stage2
>       cd ~/stage2
>       tar -xvf ~/stage2.tar
>       vim usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py
> 
>     * add this line into the setSteps function
>       dispatch.skipStep("methodcomplete")
>     * to recreate the ram file system:
> 
>       cd ~
>       mksquashfs stage2/ stage2.img.new
>       cp stage2.img.new ~/dvd/images/stage2.img
> 
> # Create the custom iso with mkisofs
> mkisofs -o custom.iso -V "Customized" -b 
> isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot 
> -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T /tmp/cdrom 
> 
> 
> 
> I added the line to kickstart.py on line 880.  Here's the 
> surrounding lines for context:
> ...
>         dispatch.skipStep("bootdisk")
>         dispatch.skipStep("betanag")
>         dispatch.skipStep("installtype")
>         dispatch.skipStep("tasksel")            
>         dispatch.skipStep("network")
>         dispatch.skipStep("methodcomplete")
> 
>         # Don't show confirmation screens on non-interactive installs.
>         if not self.ksdata.interactive:
>             dispatch.skipStep("confirminstall")
>             dispatch.skipStep("confirmupgrade")
>             dispatch.skipStep("welcome")
> ...
> 
> 
> Also make sure your new CD or DVD includes the .discinfo and 
> .treeinfo files from the root of the original DVD.
> 
> Bryan Schneiders
> bschneiders at woti.com
> 301-562-1900 ext 305
> 
> 
> John Oliver wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:49:13PM -0500, Bryan Schneiders wrote:
> >> I worked around this in the past by modifying 
> usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py 
> >> in the stage2.img and adding 
> dispatch.skipStep("methodcomplete") to the 
> >> list in the setSteps function.
> > 
> > Where, exactly, would that line go?
> > 
> > Every suggestion I've had for this problem results in a 
> stage2.img that
> > does not work.
> > 
> > I can go through the motions of creating a new stage2.img, 
> and so long
> > as I do not change anything, it will work, so I know I'm 
> not screwing
> > that up.  But if I change any files, I get stuck with the message:
> > 
> > The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server CD was not found in any of your
> > CDROM drives. Please insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
> Server CD and
> > press OK to retry.
> > 
> > That tells me that either there's some very particular way 
> in which the
> > contents of the img need to be modified, or that every 
> suggestion I've
> > found so far has been a guess as to "what might work".  So, a very
> > precise description of what *does* work would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> > 
> 
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