Re: The %include directive on a NFS installation

["Stefano Dall'Olio" <stefano cedoc mo it>]

tnx, i'll try it tomorrow


:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <red computerdatasafe com au>
To: <kickstart-list redhat com>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: The %include directive on a NFS installation


> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Stefano Dall'Olio wrote:
>
> > I've made my ks.cfg file available on an NFS share.
> > I've boot my system with the boot floppy.
> > I've wrote at the prompt:
> >     linux ks=nfs:nfsservername.local.lan:/MyDir/ks.cfg
> > In this dir there are a file called ks.cfg like this:
> >
> > install
> > nfs --server=nfsservername.local.lan --dir=/zip/ISO/RH80
> > lang en_US
> > ....
> > ....
> > etc
> >
> > Works all fine.
> >
> > But now i'd like to use the %include directive to best manage my ks
file.
> > I've placed the ks_part01.inc in the same dir as ks.cf
> > I've try with:
> >     %include /MyDir/ks_part01.inc
> >     %include ks_part01.inc
> >     %include nfs:nfsservername.local.lan:/MyDir/ks_part01.inc
> >     %include nfsservername.local.lan:/MyDir/ks_part01.inc
> >
> > But the installation exit abnormally with the code:
> > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '........./ks_part01.inc'
> >
> > How Can I Do to specify an include file in my ks.cfg file in a NFS
installation ?
>
> In the %pre section, add this command:
> mount
>
> That will show you where the nfs filesystem is mounted, and then you can
> deduce the correct path to use. Anaconda does not need to mount the
> filesystem a second time, and so nfs: etc paths are wrong.
>
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