> Also, what might be the complications for mksles9root when dealing with a DVD Image? No complications, no script needed!
It was good news to hear that SuSE has a DVD ISO image for SLES10. Having one should allow you to mount the ISO image loopback, point to it and install. There should not be a need for *any* directory structure. The question is what will happen when SLES10 Service Pack 1 comes out. When Red Hat puts out an "update" (service pack), you mount the new ISO image(s) and they replace the old ones. However, SuSE has a different approach: when a service pack is released, a directory structure must be created so there is a tree of RPMs. Also the yast/order and yast/instorder files have to be correct and the install process will choose the right RPMs to install. The SuSE approach allows for more possibilities, but the Red Hat approach "keeps things as simple as possible". I know a lot of people have complained to SuSE about the complexity of the service pack structure and the number of ISO images. The DVD ISO image should address the latter (if in fact one exists). Hopefully the former will be addressed when SP1 comes out. With a DVD ISO image (max 9.1GB?), perhaps the entire install tree/order/instorder structure can be in place. Then you could just replace the SLES10 vanilla with the SLES10+SP1 ISO image and the yast code that traverses the install tree could be left the same. Just a thought ... "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
