RE: Rebuilding minimal install iso RHEL 4 (U1)

[Greg Hosler <greg hosler per sg>]

On 04-Oct-2005 Michael Stiller wrote:
> I want to do unattended RHEL 4 U1 (ES) installations via 
> kickstart. Unfortunately this is not possible, cause
> the installer wants me to change cd-roms twice. 
> This is not acceptable for an unattended install. The installation
> itself is a minimal install with some more unneeded packages removed
> (mgetty, some serial stuff e.g.) 
> (actually about 220 packages are installed)
> A DVD image is not an option because not all machines
> are DVD-Rom equipped.
> 
> Any clues on howto-rebuild the installation cd images 
> for a really "minimal" install which doesn't need that
> braindead cd changes. I tried to follow 
> 
> http://www.techonthenet.com/linux/centos4_update.php
> 
> but with no success so far. 
> 
> I'm not really amused about this. The minimal install
> is also bloated as hell. And this crap is called 
> *enterprise* linux after all. 
> 
> Any clues on the rebuild image issue?

sure. setup a installation server, and serve it out via nfs (or ftp, or httpd,
though nfs is my personal favorite).

Not only will you dump the multi-cd issue, it'll be faster.

Check out the RHEL-SAG documentation. info on setting up a installation server
is all in there. If you have any questions, or problems after reading this,
contact me off line.

best rgds,

-Greg Hosler

> -Michael
> 
> 
> 
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