[rhn-users] Making mknod in Kickstart "stick"

[Mallasch, Paul]

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RHEL4 ES with 2.6.
 
The "do-dad" is exactly what I'm looking for, so far all of my attempts are "do-bad"... ;-)
 

Paul G. Mallasch

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From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doerbeck, Christoph
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:17 PM
To: Red Hat Network Users List
Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Making mknod in Kickstart "stick"


What version of RedHat Linux are you using?
 
Sounds to me like you are using RHEL 4 with 2.6 and udev.  If that's the case, then you need to
put a "do-dad" in the proper place to have it recreated properly.  I'm not referring to rc.local.  There's
a expected way to do it, I just can't recall off the top of my head.  But I could...

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	From: Lamon, Frank III [mailto:Frank_LaMon at csx.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:55 PM
	To: Red Hat Network Users List
	Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Making mknod in Kickstart "stick"
	
	
	You could have that line appended to the rc.local file during %post - then it would run on every system boot. Probably another dozen ways to do it as well.

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		From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Mallasch, Paul
		Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:14 PM
		To: rhn-users at redhat.com
		Subject: [rhn-users] Making mknod in Kickstart "stick"
		
		
		I'm performing a Kickstart installation to a remote machine and I need to create a device so that I can receive IPMI message from another piece of hardware using a daemon.
		 
		mknod /dev/ipmi0 c 254 0
		 
		works fine if I login to a console and execute the step manually, but I need to do it within my ks.cfg file and make it "stick" so the device remains for subsequent boot-ups.
		 
		I've it tried %pre & %post, but obviously remain confused since it does not "stick".  I can see it created before the Kickstart reboots however.
		 
		Also, a nice overview of the %post %pre environments would really be appreciated!  Thanks!
		 
		--Paul

		 

		 

	
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