Re: Ignite-UX: post_install scripts

From: Bruce Rodean (rodean_at_fc.hp.com)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: 12 Feb 2004 12:47:29 -0700

In article <BC50DD32.50763%traigle@si.umich.edu> Jeff Traigle (traigle@si.umich.edu) wrote:
> I've been working on creating a customized install media (tape) in my new
> position. I was trying to get a modified version of os_arch_post_c working,
> but ran into some difficulties. Now, I haven't read the Ignite documentation
> cover to cover yet, but the bits I've read on this particular subject make
> it sound trivial. It all says to simply copy the default script in
> /opt/ignite/data/scripts to /var/opt/ignite/scripts to avoid having your
> modifications overwritten during a product patch. I changed the path to the
> script in the core.cfg file I was using. However, Ignite could not find the
> script in the new location... The only way I seem to be able to make it work
> is modifying the default file and leaving in place with its original name.
> What am I missing that hasn't been mentioned in the documentation I've seen?

Did you use the -s option in your make_medialif invocation so the file
gets included into the SCRIPTS archive in the LIF image?

> --
> Jeff Traigle
> traigle@si.umich.edu
> http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~traigle/ 

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