[CentOS] Attempting custom CentOS4 network install

[Robin Mordasiewicz]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Sean O'Connell wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 11:59 -0400, Ajay wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am installing CentOS4 over ether network using http and kickstart. I boot from
>> the first CentOS CD and at "boot:" prompt I input
>> "ks=http://localserver/install/custom.cfg". Except for minor glitches like
>> "Kernel-Development group not found" warning, the process is smooth and is
>> almost completely automated.
>>
>> Now, I want to add additional RPMS to the CentOS/RPMS directory to install
>> additional packages in the default install. In preparation, I was regenerating
>> the hdlist using "genhdlist" even before adding the extra RPMS, just to
>> checkout.
>>
>> A new hdlist and hdlist2 is sucessfully regenerated in CentOS/base dir with a
>> small reduction in file size of hdlist, but the network install fails at the
>> end of "Preparing RPM transaction" screen with the message "install exited
>> abnormally" and shuts down.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Ajay-
>
> It would be far simpler to setup a yum repository for the additional
> packages, create a custom yum.conf (or repo file for the repo), and then
> install that yum.conf or repo file in %post and then follow that up with
> a
>
> yum -t -y install foo bar baz
>

And even better create an apt repository as well.
The process is descibed best by Dag Weirs using yam to create the 
repository

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/yam/

if you follow his instructions for this then you will eaily be able to 
share your custom repository with everyone else.