[Novalug] Scripting question

[Miles D. Oliver]

what about using expect?


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:46 AM, James Swanson <swanson.james at gmail.com>wrote:

> We're trying to do a mass install of RHEL 6 Client on thin clients.  Due
> to space limitations on the clients, we're doing a livecd to flash drive
> install.  I have the user on the sudoers list with the "no password" option
> invoked.  The problem I'm having is the install script hangs after invoking
> livecd-iso-to-disk.  Here's the script
>
> #!/bin/bash
> set $return=\r
> wget http://servername/kiosk.iso
> sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify
> /home/user/kiosk.iso /dev/sda1
> echo $return
> sudo reboot
>
> After downloading the iso, it runs the "
> sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --noverify
> /home/user/kiosk.iso /dev/sda1" command.  Then it stops.  When that command
> is run, a Warning is issued and the program asks to press Enter to continue
> or ctrl-c to abort.  I can't get it to accept the carriage return.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Jim
>
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