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 ?' > cd to the mount point (or click on it if you run a GUI) and execute a > command? If they can do that, the command can be as simple as a > script that says something like 'yum localinstall list_of_packages' > with the rpms just sitting there. "IF" being the keyword.