Kickstart and RHEL 5

[Joshua Gimer]

Try logging the output and error streams of every command to a file to  
determine what the problem is:

%post --nochroot

(mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra; mkdir /tmp/iso; mount /tmp/ 
cdrom /tmp/iso; cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/logo /mnt/sysimage/root/ 
my_extra; cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/errata /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra;  
cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/post /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra; cp -fa /tmp/ 
iso/Custom/lockdown.sh /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra) 1>/mnt/sysimage/ 
root/post_install.log 2>&1

You should then be able to see what is causing the problem. Hope this  
helps.

Joshua Gimer

On May 5, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Paul Whitney wrote:

> I have tried it and it is not working for me.  Could be that I am  
> doing
> something wrong..below is a snip of my ks.cfg file. After not  
> getting it
> to work, I referred to the manuals.  What am I misunderstanding from  
> the
> note?
>
> %post --nochroot
>
> mkdir -p /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra
> mkdir /tmp/iso
> mount /tmp/cdrom /tmp/iso
>
> cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/logo /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra
> cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/errata /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra
> cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/post /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra
> cp -fa /tmp/iso/Custom/lockdown.sh /mnt/sysimage/root/my_extra
>
> This worked under RHEL 4. However, not working now at all.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 13:33 -0600, Joshua Gimer wrote:
>> You can do all of this in %post --nochroot. Where did you find that
>> you cannot do this in RHEL5?
>>
>> I think that you are misinterpreting the installation guide: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html
>>
>> Just copy your data from the media to where you would like under / 
>> mnt/
>> sysimage/.
>>
>> Have you tried this yet, or were you strictly basing this assumption
>> off of the installation guide?
>>
>> Joshua Gimer
>>
>> On May 5, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Paul Whitney wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to create a custom ISO using RHEL 5.
>>>
>>> In RHEL 4 it was possible to mount the cdrom in the kickstart file
>>> after
>>> install (%post --nochroot) and copy over files to the root homedir.
>>>
>>> Apparently that feature is no longer available according to the  
>>> RHEL 5
>>> Installation Guide. Are there any suggestions on how to get a tar
>>> file,
>>> background images and a script loaded onto a system using either
>>> ks.cfg
>>> or some other means automatically? (i.e. no user interaction)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Paul W.
>>>
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