Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
on 3-26-2008 3:49 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Depending on what you want to change, it is more involved than that. Are you trying to customize packages or something else?
Scott Silva wrote:
on 3-26-2008 3:49 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Depending on what you want to change, it is more involved than that. Are you trying to customize packages or something else?
I actually remove some of the scripts, and use a custom kickstart file, but here it is: http://blog.softdux.com/everything-todo-with-linux/linux-howtos/hot-tips/how... :)
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Scott Silva wrote:
on 3-26-2008 3:49 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Depending on what you want to change, it is more involved than that. Are you trying to customize packages or something else?
I actually remove some of the scripts, and use a custom kickstart file, but here it is: http://blog.softdux.com/everything-todo-with-linux/linux-howtos/hot-tips/how... :)
That won't work .... :D
If you remove packages (or add, upgrade any packages) then you must rerun the installler (buildinstall).
You must also regenerate the repodata in the root of the CD/DVD.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
Johnny Hughes wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Scott Silva wrote:
on 3-26-2008 3:49 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Depending on what you want to change, it is more involved than that. Are you trying to customize packages or something else?
I actually remove some of the scripts, and use a custom kickstart file, but here it is: http://blog.softdux.com/everything-todo-with-linux/linux-howtos/hot-tips/how... :)
That won't work .... :D
If you remove packages (or add, upgrade any packages) then you must rerun the installler (buildinstall).
You must also regenerate the repodata in the root of the CD/DVD.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
It's working...... I'm literally only deleting the RPM's I don't want, rebuilding the ISO, and using it on bare bone servers. cPanel for instance needs a bare bone server with nothing installed, so there's no point to have a full DVD, or even CD if I don't need it. Using a kickstart file, I've been able to install very specific stuff like mrtg, mutt, lynx, sshd, etc (which are scattered on different CD's), so I download only the RPM's I wanted, put them in the kickstart file, re-created the ISO with the command above, and it's working. I'm currently working on a way to setup different software RAID levels, according to the number & type of HDD's in the system
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 00:49 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Check Revisor. I am currently using it to create a customized CD install, kickstart enabled installation of Centos 5.1.
URL : https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/revisor Summary : Fedora "Spin" Graphical User Interface Description : Revisor provides a set of graphical tools for building customized, updated Fedora "Spins". This tool has been built around two other projects. First is pungi, which builds the installation media. The other is livecd-tools, which builds the live image.
Solutions are obvious if one only has the optical power to observe them over the horizon. -- K.A. Arsdall
Rodney Mercer wrote:
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 00:49 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
This may sound funny, but I can't get onto any websites right now, so I can't even google. I want to customize the contents of my CentOS 5.1 x64 CD, and re-create the ISO to write to CD again and install on a server. I know it's got something todo with mkisofs, but I'm not 100% sure what the commands should look like
Can someone please give me a sample of the whole command needed for such an operation?
Check Revisor. I am currently using it to create a customized CD install, kickstart enabled installation of Centos 5.1.
Thanx, I have looked at it before, but couldn't find good howto's / tutorials / documentation on it, and I don't like sites running on trac, it's just to difficult to figure out what is trac stuff, and what is actual content
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