Re: Rebuilding minimal install iso RHEL 4 (U1)

[John Summerfied <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Bojan Zdrnja wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nahant-list-bounces redhat com 
> > [mailto:nahant-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Greg Hosler
> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 3:14 a.m.
> > To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Discussion List
> > Subject: RE: Rebuilding minimal install iso RHEL 4 (U1)
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> > 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.
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> Exactly (NFS is my favourite as well).
> Besides that, when new RPMs are relased, with security fixes, you can put
> the on your NFS server, so every machine which is installed after this will
> be completely up to date.

Prsonally, I rather like http because I then have httpd logs to show 
which packages are actually installed. I could then use that, if I 
chose, as a basis for rebuilding a CD, and it also shows the ideal 
package order to minimise seeking.



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John

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