On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:38 PM, vipin narayanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> hi guys, > > I would like to create a custom linux distro , the following are my > criteria > > 1) i should be able to add a custom rpm and install it automatically during > installation of the OS . > 2) i should be able to remove unnecessary rpms from the base distro . > 3) i should be able to install rails and ruby as well (this is a tedious > task since rails is installed via gem). > 4) i would like to place my rails application under the /usr/local > directory. > 5) if possible i would like to modify the splash screen and other logos of > the base distribution(it can be fedora ,centos or any , preferably redhat > based) > > can anyone help me with this , i found few links in google but they were > pretty outdated (fedora core 3 ) , and others (linux from scratch) couldn't > satisfy the above criteria . As far as i know tools like fedora revisor and > suse studio wont help , i dont know much about kickstart but looks like it > wont satisfy the above mentioned criteria as well . Kickstart and few others tricks working perfectly for the above scenario. Only thing is, you have to learn those stuffs. Learn how to use .ks file, chroot and how to customize root file system. Then your job will be easy. No idea about other methods. -Prakash _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
