Ah Yes. That will almost certainly be my problem. Other than those post install commands the kickstart file seems to work fine when created in notepad and put onto a dos floppy. Thanks for the tip. (this certainly isn't the first, but hopefully it will be the last time that those CRLF's throw me for a loop. :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:45 AM Subject: Re: kickstart postinstall commands > J.Slim wrote: > > I have this section at the end of my kickstart file: > > > > %post > > # add a bogus file after the install > > touch /root/bogus > > echo "Hi!" >> /root/bogus > > > > After the install has been completed I change to /root and find that the > > file "bogus" has actually been named "bogus?" Can someone tell me why the > > question mark gets tagged on? It does the same thing with creating a > > directory (e.g. "bogusdir?" instead of "bogusdir"). I also read something > > about chroot postinstall commands. What would be the advantage of > > this? > > Do the script lines end with CRLF or just LF? > > -- > Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D > AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> > Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. <http://www.linux.org/> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
