On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 23:03, Darrell May wrote: > > http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/sme-iso-howto.html
Hi Darrell, Real nice, and simple, How-To. I do a few more steps, including building a pkgorder file. Some might find problems without a pkgorder file if they do a lot of changes to the RPM list. Many won't have a problem without it. I can't profess to understand the problem, but I do know I have had problems in the past without it, so it is part of my CD build process. Actually the pkgorder step actually could replace your step of creating a manifest file, as it is essentially that (in order of install). I do a custom install for a work project, not SME, but the concepts are the same (similar to SME, it is a 1 CD RH 7.x based product). I also use the check-repository.py script from anaconda-runtime to verify that all the RPMs in my comps file are in the build. Nice little check to discover missing RPMs (or RPMs you defined in comps you don't want) prior to the build. At least when I started doing this, I had lots of mistakes and this script caught it before I wasted a lot of time and CDs. I would be glad to document the extra steps if you are interested. One trick I found that could save a step, and unnecessary coasters. Instead of burning the original CD, you can loopback mount the ISO and copy from the mount point to your HD buildroot. For example (from the directory your ISO is in): mkdir temp mount -o loop foo.iso temp/ cp -R temp/* <insert buildroot path here> This loopback mount is also ideal as you are testing your CD. One can loopback mount it in their FTP, NFS or HTTP space and do a network install from a bootnet floppy. Once again, saves time and wasted CDRs as one experiments with the process. Hope this is of interest, and thanks for all the great contributions you make! JP -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
