> John Summerfield wrote: > > More thoughts... > > > > In syslinux configuration > > linux rel=... > > > > Use the value to chroot into the correct install environment > > > > that might work if you can use the same kernel for both releases. Should be > okay > > in these particular cases, but may fail at some point such as when 2.6 come > s out. > > > > You might do it better by loading different kernel/initrd depending on the > > selection from the boot menu. > > First my setup. I created the i386 directory for RH 7.3 as usual. I > then added a 'rh72' directory in the i386 directory, which contains all > of my RH 7.2 files. I was hoping that John's suggestion about chrooting > would work. Since I suggested that, I've been having adventures with pxelinux, part of the full syslinux package. There's also isolinux which I've not looked at but which may be useful to you. Get the source from the source and try it. > I added an option in anaconda for rel=, and if it has 7.2 it does a > chroot `chroot rh72`. I tried this as an nfs install, but it obviously > didn't work, becuse the nfs install actually mounts the source > directory, and chrooting doesn't help. I am guessing that when I > finally get the discs, it won't work either. Are there any other > suggestions, or anyone that knows the inner code of anaconda that could > help? I was thinking that I could use a different loader, one that had > the rh72/RedHat/RPMS path instead of the standard RedHat/RPMS, but I'm > not sure how to use this other loader once I build it. > > Finally, I tried to use implantisomd5 on the resulting iso image, which > turned out to be 2.8 GB. I get the error: Unable to open file. This > seems to be a problem with the 2.0 GB limit, because it worked fine when > it was 1.5 GB. Any ideas on how to fix this? It should "just work." You will need to audit the source and look for ints that should be described as size_t. Or file a bug report and wait for RH to fix it. Apparently RH in Europe sells a DVD edition, If you can lay your hands on one, just possibly it's fixed in that. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
