On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Fred Moyer <fred@redhotpenguin.com> wrote:
Greetings,

I am looking for resources on how to build my own Centos install CD
for a preselected package set that I want to install.  I think Red Hat
may have had this functionality at some point but it has been a while
since I have needed to do this.

I found this on how to build my own kernel -
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules  - which I will
need to exercise as well, but I want to build my own .iso that I can
run a kickstart or similar mechanism from.

Thanks in advance.
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http://nootech.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/build-a-custom-centos-5-install-cd/
http://people.redhat.com/rkeech/custom-distro.txt

I used these 2 sites to help me. It did take quite a bit of trial and error to get it right.
Do not forget to edit comps.xml to take out the packages that you do not want and add your new packages. (Why CentOS installs bluetooth packages by default is well beyond me...)

Hope this helps
John

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