-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31/10/14 14:56, Steven Falco wrote: > On 10/31/2014 09:43 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote: 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? > No, I don't think so, as one has to buid the vmlinuz/initrd.img and other bits before being able to respin such variant .. but that's not what you asked for iirc :-) - -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org gpg key: 56BEC54E | twitter: @arrfab -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlRTmGYACgkQnVkHo1a+xU5HPgCfXNJCGtCaDeXhm2PYjhEjbEqX wH8AoIeY4hR4wsHvPZoeOcxJWCQLvCEW =ysqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----