On 4/13/07, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/13/07, Phil Schaffner <Philip.R.Schaffner at nasa.gov> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 08:46 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > > Updated the script again adding the createrepo line (thanks Akemi) and > > additional sanity checks. See attached text file. Now works for "FTP > > like tree" (as well as for ISO images) with CentOS-5 final, EXCEPT for > > creating a suitable .discinfo file if one does not already exist. Any > > help in modifying the script to create a .discinfo file "on-the-fly" > > would be appreciated. > > If the original CDs do not contain a .discinfo file, would it still be > necessary to create one? If the absense of .discinfo chokes some > installer, then the same installer would not work with the original > CDs either. In particular, if the script is meant for CentOS5, the > .discinfo file exists on CD, so there should not be a problem... > > Akemi Just saw this .discinfo on the CentOS5 DVD: 1176235114.525559 Final i386 ALL CentOS/base /home/buildcentos/CENTOS/5.0/en/i386/CentOS CentOS/pixmaps The 4th line is usually in the form of 1,2,3,... to indicate available discs and the script will write the line that way. Now, apparently "ALL" is a legitimate option here, so this may help make the script a bit simpler. Akemi