[BlueOnyx:00480] Re: BX install CD and %post scripts

[Rickard Osser]

Hi Gerald!

Yes, I've got a fixed stage2.img.... I'll put it up tomorrow on an ftp!


regards,

Rickard

On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 09:27 -0600, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> Has anyone been able to get the install.script to work?
>  This file is in the PKGS directory on the CD.
>  
> # Do the following to fix the issue not running %post scripts:
> # Note that the *.img files use the squashfs file system.
> # if the tools are not on the system yum install them. 
>   yum -y install squashfs-tools mkisofs cdrecord
> # insert install-cd into cdrom
>   mkdir /mnt/cdrom
>   mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>   mkdir /home/BlueOnyx
>   mkdir /home/BlueOnyx/ISOs
>   mkdir /home/BlueOnyx/BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107
>   cd /mnt/cdrom
> # move the iso to a rw area
>   tar -c * | tar -C /home/BlueOnyx/BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107 -xf-
>   cd  /home/BlueOnyx/BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107
>   cp /mnt/cdrom/.discinfo .
>   umount /mnt/cdrom
> # remove the install cd and insert a fresh CD
>   cd /home/BlueOnyx/BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107/images  
>   unsquashfs stage2.img
>   cd squashfs-root
>   vi usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py
> # find these lines (need to reverse them)
>     ("methodcomplete", doMethodComplete, ),
>     ("dopostaction", doPostAction, ),
> #and change to
>     ("dopostaction", doPostAction, ),
>     ("methodcomplete", doMethodComplete, ),
> # note with vi you will have to use :w! to write the ro file
> # recreate the ram file system:
>   cd ..
>   mksquashfs squashfs-root ../../stage2.img
>   cp  ../../stage2.img stage2.img
>   rm -rf squashfs-root
>   cd ../
>   mkisofs -P CentOS -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat\
>   -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -r -J -T -o
> ../ISOs/BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107-1.iso .
>   cd ../ISOs
> # note dev arguement may be different execute 'cdrecord scanbus' to find
> dev= info
>   cdrecord -v dev=5,0,0  BlueOnyx-5.2-20090107-1.iso
> 
> You should now have a CD that will run the %post scripts.
> There may be typos/erros in the above...
> 
> Gerald
> 
> -
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