Can't monitor Kickstart post-install log
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I'm installing Scientific Linux 7 (I've got no reason to this isn't the case with all RHEL forks though) with a Kickstart script that contains the following:
%post --interpreter /bin/bash --log /root/postinstall.log
# do stuff
%end
After install, the log file is there for inspection as expected.
But, using SL 6 I used to be able to change to TTY 2 and watch the log with
tail -f /mnt/sysimage/root/postinstall.log
. Now, it appears the log is created, but contents are not written until the post-install process is completed.
Is there a way to monitor this progress? I've looked for the log file in /tmp/
, /var/log/
, /mnt/sysimage/tmp/
, and /mnt/sysimage/var/log/
without any luck. If the log file isn't available, is there a way to send output to another TTY from a Kickstart post-install script?
**Attempt 1:**
%post --interpreter /bin/bash
(
# do stuff
echo foo
echo bar
echo baz
) | tee /root/postinstall.log > /dev/tty1
%end
This almost works, however, line endings seem to be a problem. It's only doing an LF, not a CR on the screen. The above outputs this on TTY1:
foo
bar
baz
**Attempt 2:**
%post --interpreter /bin/bash --log /root/postinstall.log
echo "Changing output to TTY 3; press Alt-F3 to view" > /dev/tty1
exec 1>/dev/tty3 2>&1
#do stuff
%end
This outputs the data correctly to the screen, but logs nothing. It also has the curious side-effect of delaying the reboot for like 10 minutes after the script completes.
Asked by miken32
(588 rep)
Mar 10, 2017, 01:19 AM
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