Kickstart confusion

[Neil Marjoram]

Mike,

sorry, no output, nothing in the logs

Neil.

Mike McGrath wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil Marjoram
>>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:53 AM
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>>Subject: Kickstart confusion
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>>I am trying to run some post install commands with a 
>>kickstart installation, but some of them don't work;
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>>%post
>>/sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 isdn off   -WORKS
>>/sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 pcmcia off - WORKS 
>>/sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 ypbind off - WORKS 
>>/sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 ntpd on - WORKS mkdir 
>>/mnt/install -WORKS mount -t nfs 128.40.159.53:/export/ftp 
>>/mnt/install - WORKS rpm -ivh /mnt/install/os/packages/apt* - 
>>WORKS rpm -ivh /mnt/install/os/packages/webmin* - WORKS rpm 
>>-ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-2.6*- DOES NOT WORK rpm 
>>-ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-smp*- DOES NOT WORK rpm 
>>-ivh /mnt/install/os/kernel/kernel-utils*- DOES NOT WORK rpm 
>>--import /mnt/install/os/packages/RPM* - WORKS rpm --import 
>>/usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY - WORKS cp -a --reply=yes 
>>/mnt/install/os/configs/* /mnt/sysimage/etc - DOES NOT WORK 
>>ntpdate a.server.co.uk - WORKS service autofs restart - WORKS 
>>service ntpd restart - WORKS apt-get -y update - WORKS 
>>apt-get -y upgrade - WORKS
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>>The kernel install I think I understand, but the copy command 
>>I don't. 
>>The syntax is correct, but I think it may be something to do 
>>with the chroot environment, the manual suggests running with 
>>%post --nochroot, but if I do this nothing works at all.
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>>I assume I have done something really stupid which I just 
>>can't see. Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Neil.
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>Do the failed commands show any output?  If so what is the output?
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