Removing old linux in the %pre section

[niall el-assaad]

Thanks chip, i worked out what I did wrong.

In %pre I needed to mount the disk, /mnt/sysimage isn't there.

Good hint on the sleep command though.

thanks,

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Shabazian, Chip <
Chip.Shabazian at bankofamerica.com> wrote:

>  If you are just doing one machine, just backup that directory.  If you
> need to do lots of machines, put a sleep statement in your %pre and figure
> out what you want to do, then add those commands to the %pre.
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *niall el-assaad
> *Sent:* Monday, September 15, 2008 3:01 PM
> *To:* Kickstart-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Removing old linux in the %pre section
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got a fc6 build that I want to move to centos, i just want to keep a
> single directory.
>
> Is there some way in the %pre section I could delete all the directories
> off the disk (apart from 1) and then have kickstart continue and install
> centos?
>
> I've tried but the %pre section doesn't seem to work. I'm using
> /mnt/sysimage to access the hard disk, but doesn't seem to work.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks,
>
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