Hi Todd,

I've found that starting portmap and nfslock in %post helps speed things up.

Ryan Enge
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UVic Physics & Astronomy
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Todd Blake wrote:

> We're using NFS to do our kickstart installation, and in the %post 
> sections, one of the things we also do is mount up a remote filesystem 
> via NFS and copy some stuff over.  We're noticing significant speed 
> differences between the speed with which rpms are installed during the 
> install, and the speed with which files are copied in the %post 
> section(MUCH slower).
>
> We figure it's likely something to do with mount options during the 
> kickstart vs. mount sections during the %post section.  Does anyone 
> know what options are using in the mount command line during the 
> install section?
>