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I am not sure what part of the conversation I am coming in at ....<BR>
I used this <A HREF="ftp://people.redhat.com/ckloiber/mkdvdiso.sh">ftp://people.redhat.com/ckloiber/mkdvdiso.sh</A><BR>
to create my DVD ISO .. <BR>
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On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 20:15 -0500, William Warren wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">yep..i am using 9660...I have tried two different dvd dis both </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">have failed..</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">John Newbigin wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> William Warren wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> ack...i am not even familiar with how to look at source code rofl..:)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> anaconda is a special case because the binary rpm contains the source </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> code (some of which I have included below).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Your .discinfo looks correct, comma separated list of cd numbers. It </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> may well be a different issue. Are you still using iso9660? </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Unfortunately I don't have a DVD ROM or burner so I can't test :(</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> John.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> /usr/lib/anaconda/image.py looks like the place:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> if os.access("/mnt/source/.discinfo", os.R_OK):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> f = open("/mnt/source/.discinfo")</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> newStamp = f.readline().strip()</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> try:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> descr = f.readline().strip()</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> except:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> descr = None</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> try:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> arch = f.readline().strip()</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> except:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> arch = None</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> try:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> discNum = getDiscNums(f.readline().strip())</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> except:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> discNum = [ 0 ]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> f.close()</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> if (newStamp == timestamp and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> arch == _arch and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> needed in discNum):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> done = 1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> self.currentDisc = discNum</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> def getDiscNums(line):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> # get the disc numbers for this disc</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> nums = line.split(",")</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> discNums = []</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> for num in nums:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> discNums.append(int(num))</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> return discNums</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> John Newbigin wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> The best place to look is the anaconda source code. It is mostly </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> python which is not too hard to figure out but I have been bitten </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> once or twice (sorry, the pun was intended).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> I am grabbing the source now and I'll have a look.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> John.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>> William Warren wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> I edited the .discinfo file but still the installer does not</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> recognize the dvd as an instllation medium. I have attached the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> .discinfo file. If i made a mistake let me know..otherwsie it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> looks like the installation program itself may need a bit of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> adjusting..no idea.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> William</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> William Warren wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> Well that didn't work. I got a bootable dvd out of it but the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> centos installed did not detect the media as having the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> installation files. It asked for a cd instead of recognizing the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> dvd. Winiso cannot handle dvd's..:( Anyone have a way to make the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> centos installer realize all its files are on the dvd instead of </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>> looking for three cd's?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> 1095354229.83</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> update3</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> i386</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> 1,2,3</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> RedHat/base</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> RedHat/RPMS</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>> RedHat/pixmaps</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
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