Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Green > Sent: 05 September 2008 09:27 > To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list > Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] expect scripts in %POST of Kickstart > > I need to drive an interactive installation of execution daemon of > N1GE (Sun Grid Engine) as part of Kickstart installation. I have 20 > new machines here waiting to be installed (followed by another 20), to > become execution nodes of an HPC cluster. The master/head node is > already installed and has N1GE master scheduler up and running, > waiting for execution nodes to join.
Can you not run the agent installation from the command line - this is what we do inst_sge -x -noremote -auto /n1/ge/6.1_U4/cXX-auto.conf [We install the client using cfengine but it should weork in kickstart as well.] iain > > The installation of the exec daemon is not RPM based but bash-powered > wizard style of thing. I've prepared an expect script that supplies > all the answers (just a bunch of consecutive expect-send statements) > to the wizard and it works great when I run it by hand on freshly > installed exec node, but doesn't work when run as part of %POST. I > guess something is not right in pre-expect part of my %POST workflow. > > Just wanted to verify that expect scripts work in general for other > people in their %POST sections. > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:31 AM, John Summerfield > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Green wrote: > >> > >> Has anyone tried implementing expect scripts as part of > %POST sestion > >> of kickstart? > >> > >> did it work? > > > > I'd not thought of doing that,but based on the little I > have done with > > expect I expect it would. > > > > What do you need to do? > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers > > John > > > > -- spambait > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Advice > > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > > > > -- > Warm regards, > Michael Green > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > ---------------------------------------- Iain Morrison IT Manager MRC Epidemiology Unit Institute of Metabolic Science Box 285 Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road Cambridge CB2 0QQ Tel (01223) 769200 http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/ _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
