Can't you just point the kickstart files to the local mirror? That way when you do the install you are grabbing the updated files from the get-go. I don't have a ton of experience with kickstarting machines and i don't run a separate kickstart server for anything i have kickstarted. Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Feb 27, 2007, at 21:06, William Warren wrote: > >> why not setup your own cent 4.4 repo..have it rsynch with a mirror >> which will get the updates for you then you can kickstart to your >> internal repo? > > Hmm, maybe I am overlooking the obvious. I already have a local CentOS > mirror that I rsync every night. And every couple of weeks or so I do a > "yum -y update" on all my machines, which pull in everything from my > local mirror. But when I kickstart a new machine, it installs the > original CentOS 4.4 bits, and when I do a "yum -y update" it installs > 150+ packages. > > I want the kickstart process to include those new packages directly, and > for that I would have to modify how things are set up on the kickstart > server. Is it just a matter of copying all the RPMs from the yum mirror > to the kickstart server. If so, which RPMs do I copy? My yum > repository has lots of directories named RPMS: > > # find 4.4 -name RPMS > 4.4/addons/i386/RPMS > 4.4/build/livecd/RPMS > 4.4/centosplus/i386/RPMS > 4.4/contrib/i386/RPMS > 4.4/csgfs/i386/RPMS > 4.4/extras/i386/RPMS > 4.4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS > 4.4/fasttrack/i386/RPMS > 4.4/updates/i386/RPMS > > My kickstart server only has one directory name RPMS (if I remember > correctly, I can't access it currently). > > Alfred > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > . > -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/