-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org gpg key: 56BEC54E | twitter: @arrfab -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlRTkgAACgkQnVkHo1a+xU7EjQCfV0vrVSDcaf0Pohuxqp8i/MOd 1U4AnisVlXGibu2Od5d3Es4x6Efx8Q6Y =q6tM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----