A.B. wrote: > I've been trying to create a Linux distribution based on CentOS 5, similar > to (actually, exactly like) how CentOS is based on RHEL. I have been unable > to find any information about this. Most of what I find are tutorials and > instructions on using Kickstart. Sometimes I've found allusions to doing > this, but nothing that gives all the instructions necessary to modify > Anaconda (or other files) sufficiently. > > I have found an excellent walkthrough ( > http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/ublinux/) on creating a distribution > based on RHEL 4. While following the instructions I have found that not > everything is in exactly the same place when using CentOS 5, but the > descriptions are close enough that I have been able to figure it out and > create a mostly "rebranded" install DVD. > > One thing that the above walkthrough does not explain is how to change all > the text and images (it points to most of the images) and the default > "packages". By that I mean the screen where the installer asks what > additional tasks I would like the system to include support for: i.e. > Desktop - Gnome, Server, Server - GUI, etc... > > I have been unable to find where this information, and some of the other > text the installer uses (for example, "Searching for CentOS installations"), > is stored. I've greped the entire DVD (including the expanded stage2.img > file), but cannot find this text anywhere. Is the information stored in a > compiled executable? If so, which executable will I need to recompile? That information is in anaconda -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080624/5c685c67/attachment-0005.sig>