Custom Installation for multiple machines

[Ding Li]

Hi,

Can I use the post section part in kickstart file to install mplayer? I 
want to
automatically compile the package. Is it possible?

Thanks

Ding

Stuart Sears wrote:

>On Wednesday 25 Feb 2004 09:12, Chiu, PCM (Peter) wrote:
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>>Hi, Stuart,
>>
>>Have you also worked out how to clone a working system?
>>
>>I have tried kickstart before, but then found quite a few repetitive
>>post installation tasks needed such as setting up user accounts, print
>>queues,
>>applying updates and other non RedHat software.
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>there is a %post section in your kickstart file that can do most of these 
>things. It runs as a bash script, chrooted into your new / filesystem, before 
>your sytem is rebooted.
>eg
>%post
>useradd bob
>echo "insecure" | passwd --stdin bob
>
>rpm -Fvh ftp://server/pub/updates/*.rpm
>
>rhnreg_ks --activationkey=....
>
>you could conceivably set up the print queues in a similar way
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