Karanbir Singh wrote: > James Pearson wrote: > >> Is this what the CentOS team use to rebuild the installer? > > no. Out of interest, how do the CentOS team rebuild the installer? >> Having a very quick look at the docs, it appears to be far much more >> than I need ... for CentOS 4, I use a short script to run genhdlist >> (twice), pkgorder and buildinstall (pulled from the build.sh.txt >> above) - is there a similar script for CentOS 5 available somewhere? > > > There is no script really, since its all yum repo's on the install > media, its just a case of making sure your repo's are complete, the > packages dep loop close, and running buildinstall once. How do I make sure the 'packages dep loop close' - does that mean running pkgorder? > In most cases, I highly recommend you dont even do the buildinstall > process. just use what is shipped with the centos media, just adapt > repo's to taste. Yes, I agree, but there are times (with CentOS 4) that I have needed to rebuild the installer for my own needs - and I would like to make sure I can do this with CentOS 5 when required. Thanks James Pearson