topic Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file in Operating System - Linux

Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Pawan_1 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:57:38 GMT

We have ks.cfg file and we wanted to add custom's rpm in the process. Has somneone implemented the same.

-We are using iso images and Want the custom rpm's to be outside the iso images

Any help ?

Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Ivan Ferreira — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:11:04 GMT

I think that the easiest and quickest way will be use a %post section that will mount an NFS filesystem and install the custom rpm.

Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Alexander Chuzhoy — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:25:06 GMT

You're absolutely right Ivan.
I have various kickstart cfg files for many several different installations and that's how I install additional rpms.
In %post section I mount a location that holds RPM packages (and lots of configuration files) and then I use rpm command (rpm -Uvh path/packagename) to install the packages.
Best practice is to test it on a pilot system first, so that you'll know what to expect in "real life".

Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Pawan_1 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:29:25 GMT

Well do you have the syntax for the rpm installs over nfs in %post section ?

Thanks

Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Jerome Henry — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:04:12 GMT

It would be something like :
%post --nochroot
mkdir /mnt/temp
mount 10.0.0.1:/path/to/the/rpms /mnt/temp
rpm -ivh /mnt/temp/mypack.rpm
umount /mnt/temp

--nochroot is not mandatory in that case, but it may be safe to have it if you want to do more than these 5 lines.
hth

Jerome

Re: Add Custom RPM's to KickStart cfg file

Pawan_1 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:43:15 GMT

Thanks