I have some basic questions, easy to most of you, I am sure. I have looked on the CentOS main site at the install manual, but am not finding my answers. Am I at the right place?
I already know how to make install DVDs and CDs. I just need to know if there is things for the CentOS director, comps.xml updates, things like this for my customized DVD. I want to delete packages on my install DVD until I only have the rpms left that I want to use.
Current questions:
1. Just how are the hdr (header) files used, and how do you update them? 2. How do I update the comps.xml file, and is this necessary ? 3. Why isn't /var/log/rpmpkgs on my prototype, which rpm or command makes it work? 4. Which files will update automatically when rpms are removed, and can I safely just remove RPMs from the CerntOS/RPM directory?
I apologize in advance if this is not the right forum to ask these questions. I would be happy if directed to a proper site to find my answers. I have already googled, with little results.
Marianne Rodgers PCS (Portable Computer System Group) Operating System Analyst United Space Alliance marianne.rodgers@boeing.com 281-244-4200
The comments & Opinions expressed are my own & do not represent the views of United Space Alliance
On Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:06 PM -0500 "EXT-Rodgers, Marianne" Marianne.Rodgers@boeing.com wrote:
I have some basic questions, easy to most of you, I am sure. I have looked on the CentOS main site at the install manual, but am not finding my answers. Am I at the right place?
I already know how to make install DVDs and CDs. I just need to know if there is things for the CentOS director, comps.xml updates, things like this for my customized DVD. I want to delete packages on my install DVD until I only have the rpms left that I want to use.
I'm a fellow newbie to this stuff, but I suspect you want the Anaconda mailing list. I think CentOS, like most RH variants, now uses Anaconda for the installer scripting.
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 16:06 -0500, EXT-Rodgers, Marianne wrote:
I have some basic questions, easy to most of you, I am sure. I have looked on the CentOS main site at the install manual, but am not finding my answers. Am I at the right place?
There has been considerable discussion of related issues on the centos-doc (Wiki) list. See the following threads:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2007-March/000348.html http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2007-March/000340.html http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2007-March/000323.html
This may have gotten lost in the frenzy of getting CentOS5 out the door.
Some scripts for creating media (primarily targeted at producing DVDs from CDs or FTP trees, but covering part of the same processes as creating custom media) have been discussed here, such as:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2007-April/003401.html
I already know how to make install DVDs and CDs. I just need to know if there is things for the CentOS director, comps.xml updates, things like this for my customized DVD. I want to delete packages on my install DVD until I only have the rpms left that I want to use.
Current questions:
- Just how are the hdr (header) files used, and how do you update
them? 2. How do I update the comps.xml file, and is this necessary ? 3. Why isn't /var/log/rpmpkgs on my prototype, which rpm or command makes it work? 4. Which files will update automatically when rpms are removed, and can I safely just remove RPMs from the CerntOS/RPM directory?
I apologize in advance if this is not the right forum to ask these questions. I would be happy if directed to a proper site to find my answers. I have already googled, with little results.
Documenting all this on the Wiki would be an ideal outcome. My suggestion would be to join the -docs list and start the creation of a Wiki page containing what you already know, then solicit help filling in the blanks. Some of the participants in the above-referenced threads are certainly interested, and as you point out, the CentOS developers certainly have the expertise to answer such questions - just don't think it has been "captured".
Phil
Hello all,
I originaly sent this email to Ralph Angenendt and he suggested posting it to the devel mailing list.I have had a look at the CentOS distro and noticed that you are looking for a maintainer for SPARC. Whilst I don't have access to a SPARC system as yet I do have access to an AXP (ALPHA) and noticed that the latest build/release you have for this platform is 4.3 and not 4.4 or 5. If you need extra resources to help make the newer releases happen for the AXP platform, I am more than willing to help out where I can.
I work as a systems developer and have a background not only in development but also systems administration which includes building custom toolchains and embedded versions of Linux for various hardware platforms.
Initially I can begin work on producing a AXP release with a SPARC release following once the hardware hits my doorstep. Let me know if you are interested in my offer.
Thanks,
Martin.
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 00:17 +1000, Martin P. Kalitis wrote:
Hello all,
I originaly sent this email to Ralph Angenendt and he suggested posting it to the devel mailing list.I have had a look at the CentOS distro and noticed that you are looking for a maintainer for SPARC. Whilst I don't have access to a SPARC system as yet I do have access to an AXP (ALPHA) and noticed that the latest build/release you have for this platform is 4.3 and not 4.4 or 5. If you need extra resources to help make the newer releases happen for the AXP platform, I am more than willing to help out where I can.
I work as a systems developer and have a background not only in development but also systems administration which includes building custom toolchains and embedded versions of Linux for various hardware platforms.
Initially I can begin work on producing a AXP release with a SPARC release following once the hardware hits my doorstep. Let me know if you are interested in my offer.
Thanks,
Martin.
We are interested in doing an AXP port ... and we have a rack in a well connected DC in Chicago, IL ... so if we can get a good machine or two there, we can probably make this kind of thing happen.
As far as Sparc is concerned, we do have a machine that and I will be working on CentOS-5.0 for Sparc as soon as CentOS-4.5 i386/x86_64 is out the door.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Thursday 03 May 2007, Johnny Hughes wrote:
As far as Sparc is concerned, we do have a machine that and I will be working on CentOS-5.0 for Sparc as soon as CentOS-4.5 i386/x86_64 is out the door.
When you need testers for older UltraSPARC hardware, holler.
Got two midsize Enterprise servers here; a E5500 with 8 procs and 9GB and two full D1000 shelves on the Qlogic PTI diffSCSI controllers, and an E6500 with 10 procs, 6GB and two drives on the esp controller. Also note that the esp driver was completely redone recently and it would be absolutely great to have that backported to the 2.6.18 kernel. Note also that the big Suns need the qlogicpti; Ubuntu 6.06 server was built without that making it useless for me... :-)
Also have a Blade 150 I could test with, amongst other random hardware.
Hi Johnny,
That might be a bit difficult as I'm in Sydney Australia. I was thinking more along the lines of doing a build on the AXP I have at home and producing the ISOs etc.
Ta,
Martin.
Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 00:17 +1000, Martin P. Kalitis wrote:
Hello all,
I originaly sent this email to Ralph Angenendt and he suggested posting it to the devel mailing list.I have had a look at the CentOS distro and noticed that you are looking for a maintainer for SPARC. Whilst I don't have access to a SPARC system as yet I do have access to an AXP (ALPHA) and noticed that the latest build/release you have for this platform is 4.3 and not 4.4 or 5. If you need extra resources to help make the newer releases happen for the AXP platform, I am more than willing to help out where I can.
I work as a systems developer and have a background not only in development but also systems administration which includes building custom toolchains and embedded versions of Linux for various hardware platforms.
Initially I can begin work on producing a AXP release with a SPARC release following once the hardware hits my doorstep. Let me know if you are interested in my offer.
Thanks,
Martin.
We are interested in doing an AXP port ... and we have a rack in a well connected DC in Chicago, IL ... so if we can get a good machine or two there, we can probably make this kind of thing happen.
As far as Sparc is concerned, we do have a machine that and I will be working on CentOS-5.0 for Sparc as soon as CentOS-4.5 i386/x86_64 is out the door.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
CentOS-devel mailing list CentOS-devel@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
Martin P. Kalitis wrote:
That might be a bit difficult as I'm in Sydney Australia. I was thinking more along the lines of doing a build on the AXP I have at home and producing the ISOs etc.
I have an Alpha ( thankfully not an axp but something newer ) machine here, and dont mind helping along - but i dont want to be driving this process.
If you are really interested and want to try to make this happen ( and have the time to make it happen ) we can start by working out a bootstrap mechanism and get started building stuff.
Also, I want to here acknowledge the fantastic work that Pasi has already done previously to get a working CentOS-4 distro on the Alpha, it will give us a very very good starting point to move from.
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