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Symbolic Links with Jumpstart
Name: labtech Date: January 22, 2002 at 14:11:31 Pacific
Comment:
hi, Anybody know if its possible to setup symbolic links using a finishscript in a custom jumpstart installation? Jumpstart uses /a as the root install until it is done but will the link made with: ln -s /a/bin/program /a/bin/x work after the install is done? thanks for any help!
Name: oliver Date: January 23, 2002 at 05:16:03 Pacific
Reply:
"ln -s /a/bin/program /a/bin/x" won't work unless you have a mount point called "a" (and who would?) Maybe try relative paths instead... something like:
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