Unable to mount an NFS share in the %post installation section on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • How is it possible to mount an NFS share in the %post section of the kickstart installation ?

  • While running the following snippet, the mount command returns an I/O error.

    %post 
mkdir /tempo 
/bin/ping -c 3 10.247.6.22 
/bin/mount -o nomand 10.247.6.22:/DEPOT/RedHat /tempo -s -w --

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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