[CentOS-devel] DVD split media

[Anssi Johansson]

26.6.2014 1.02, Karanbir Singh kirjoitti:
> The main distro is just a hint over 6.6GB, that means we cant really put
> all the stuff into a single DVD[1]; so we need to do the splits. In the
> past, we've done multiple installs making sure that all the installable
> components from the installer's groups, in english atleast, are all on
> DVD#1 and the rest can goto DVD#2. I suspect that strategy will work
> here as well, and does someone want to give it a shot and come up with a
> list of rpms that are installable via the installer.

I extracted a list of all packages from the current c7-x86_64-comps.xml 
( available at https://git.centos.org/tree/sig-core!comps.git ), and 
installed them and their dependencies in a chroot, then had a look at 
what actually got installed.

I also installed a few VMs to test which packages the installer will 
pull in by itself for mdraid, encrypted filesystems and UEFI support.

The end result is that the rpms listed at 
http://miuku.net/tmp/7-installable-rpms.txt are installable from the 
installer, whereas the rpms listed at 
http://miuku.net/tmp/7-other-rpms.txt are not.

The packages on the first list are about 3.5GB in total. I would suggest 
to place them on the first DVD. Do note that the installer will also 
take some space from the first DVD. The other packages (some 2.4GB) can 
be put on the 2nd DVD.

Disclaimer: If c7-x86_64-comps.xml is somehow incorrect, my method will 
produce incorrect results. Garbage in, garbage out.


Post scriptum: I tried to verify my findings by doing a real "Server 
with GUI" installation. It ended up installing a few more packages than 
I had expected, namely these:

ocaml-brlapi-0.6.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
tcl-brlapi-0.6.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-isomd5sum-1.0.10-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-libteam-1.9-15.el7.x86_64.rpm
pinentry-gtk-0.8.1-14.el7.x86_64.rpm
quota-warnquota-4.01-11.el7.x86_64.rpm

These are not mentioned in comps.xml, and no other package seems to 
require them either. If you can figure out how they ended up getting 
installed, please tell.

This may mean that the lists I provided above may be incorrect. I can 
redo the lists once I figure out what went wrong.