Re: Creating RHEL 4 DVD

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage peaknet net>]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 10:24 -0500, Sam Lalonde wrote: 
> I created a RHEL 4 DVD following some instuctions I found in the 
> archives of this distribution list.  The procedure seemed to have worked 
> fine, but when I tried to use the image to install a system, I get an 
> error that it cannot find the hwdata-0.146.1.EL-1 package when it begins 
> trying to install the packages.
> 
> Does anyone have any tips?

Sam,

Chris Kloiber's mkdvdiso.sh utility works fine, but to make a RHEL4 DVD
image it must run under RHEL4.

I believe "can't find hwdata" error actually indicates that anaconda
can't locate any of the RPM files (not just hwdata, which I think is the
first one installed).

Is an NFS install from ISOs on a second system an option for you?

-- Doc
Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
RHEL3/ESu4 on Tyan S2468UGN w/3G, dual Athlon MP 2800+, 1.1T RAID5
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