Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > > I thought of that but I don't want to mess up what I already have > > working with manipulating files in /etc > > But at least I can try it to see if this much works > > It did mess up all my /etc work, and did not work anyway I was talking about tmp... Not sure what the ks

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On 1/13/2010 2:14 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates >> or potential installs that weren't part of the initial set? > > I don't quite understand the question. > > I'm just doing an i

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates > or potential installs that weren't part of the initial set? I don't quite understand the question. I'm just doing an initial install at the moment. -- “Don't eat any

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On 1/13/2010 1:51 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > Oh, one caveat for anyone who stumbles upon this - in %pre you do not > need to start nfs but in %post you do, otherwise it will not work. > > /etc/init.d/netfs start Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates or potential inst

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

Oh, one caveat for anyone who stumbles upon this - in %pre you do not need to start nfs but in %post you do, otherwise it will not work. /etc/init.d/netfs start -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" _

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

OK, NFS seems to work so that's my path forward I guess. Hacky, but works -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

> I thought of that but I don't want to mess up what I already have > working with manipulating files in /etc > But at least I can try it to see if this much works It did mess up all my /etc work, and did not work anyway > > Or maybe, if it exists, use the ramdisk (/dev/shm)... > Will try that as

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:53 AM, John Doe wrote: > Try this: > in %pre, put in /tmp/foo > Then, use %post with -nochroot and check if /tmp/foo exists I thought of that but I don't want to mess up what I already have working with manipulating files in /etc But at least I can try it to see if this

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Doe wrote: > > It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '/', when in post, will be > '/mnt/sysimage'. > > If you do use -nochroot, the '/' will be '/'. > > Hmmm, that is behaving differently that what I see. > I have never used --nochroot

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

So speaking of things that do not work as advertised, my --log=/some/log/file is also not working, it seems In any case, here is what I tried. In %pre I do this : echo > /tmp/foobar

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Doe wrote: > It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '/', when in post, will be > '/mnt/sysimage'. > If you do use -nochroot, the '/' will be '/'. Hmmm, that is behaving differently that what I see. I have never used --nochroot, and / is /. For quite so

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html > Hmmm, that link tells me surprisingly little. > Can you give some specifics as to how I might accomplish this? It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

>> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html Hmmm, that link tells me surprisingly little. Can you give some specifics as to how I might accomplish this? -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV”

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

> Yes but post can be used 'chrooted' or 'non-chrooted'. > So be sure to put it in the correct tmp... > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html OK, will be trying that today. What I'm doing is coming up with a singl

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > How can I save answers to questions in %pre, for use in %post? > I'm assuming (though have not yet tried) that variables won't live that long. > Could I save them off to /tmp in a file, and retrieve them? Yes but post can be used 'chrooted' or 'non-chrooted'. So be sure to put

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 17:42 -0500, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey again folks, > > How can I save answers to questions in %pre, for use in %post? > > I'm assuming (though have not yet tried) that variables won't live that long. > > Could I save them off to /tmp in a file, and retrieve them? > > e.g.

[CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

Hey again folks, How can I save answers to questions in %pre, for use in %post? I'm assuming (though have not yet tried) that variables won't live that long. Could I save them off to /tmp in a file, and retrieve them? e.g. %pre echo "VARNAME=$VARNAME" >> /tmp/varfile %post grep ^VARNAME= /tm