[CentOS-devel] Question about generating a spin of CentOS 7

[Steven Falco]

On 10/31/2014 09:43 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
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> On 31/10/14 14:21, Steven Falco wrote:
>> On 10/31/2014 03:44 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>>> On 10/31/2014 03:08 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Doug
>>>> Wellington<ddw at rincon.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> Previously:
>>>>>>>> Might be simpler in the long run to make it a 2-step
>>>>>>>> process.  That is, do a minimal OS install, then have a
>>>>>>>> 2nd DVD or USB key that they install after the base
>>>>>>>> system with a script that upgrades any existing rpms
>>>>>>>> and installs the rest of what you need.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That adds an interesting set of questions.  Do I somehow
>>>>>> try to get the postinstall script to prompt for it?  Do I
>>>>>> try to create something similar to firstboot that would
>>>>>> prompt for the second disc after the reboot?  Do I just
>>>>>> list it in the install docs?  Right now the install docs
>>>>>> are "1) Boot from DVD; 2) Choose system from menu."  I'd
>>>>>> like to keep it that simple.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems like I'd still have to create an appropriate
>>>>>> comps.xml file for whatever was on the second disc anyway,
>>>>>> so why not just create everything on the first/only disc to
>>>>>> begin with?  Also, I always copy all of the RPMs into a
>>>>>> local repository (e.g. /opt/repos/centos6u4) and run
>>>>>> createrepo on it.  Having one comps.xml file that works for
>>>>>> both the installation disc and the installed repository
>>>>>> keeps things clean...
>>>>>>
>>>> Is it really too complicated for the 'hands-on' guy to log in
>>>> as root,
>>> You'd be surprised. There might not exist a "hands-on guy" able
>>> to do anything more advanced than "insert disc in cd-drive, boot
>>> system". Been there, had to deal with that. I even had to deal
>>> with the question "What does boot mean ?'
>>
>> This thread has taken an interesting turn, but I'd like to try to
>> bring it back to my original question:
>>
>> How can I build a variation on the official DVD, including
>> generating the embedded LiveOS image; i.e., the rootfs.img file?
>>
> 
> Well, I haven't read the whole requirements list you probably
> described earlier, but have you already had a look at lorax ? It was
> written for such particular case normally :
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-disk-image-installation-automatic.html

Thank you!  I will give that procedure a try and report my
results.

Can you confirm whether this is the procedure used by the
official CentOS build scripts?

	Steve

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