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? If I can be allowed access to the scripts that prepare the DVD, I can then document the process on the CentOS wiki. Steve >> 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. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________