I think you still need to do the genhdlist, if you are making a one CD
distro (not DVD), since you will be cutting down the number of RPMs. I
think the info that you posted assumes that *all* of the RPMs from the 3
CDs will be going onto the DVD...
--brett
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 12:45, Keith Fernandez wrote:
> I found some info, so I thought I would post it here. If anybody
> needed to knoe
> This concerns the 4th line in .discinfo which is called disc number
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> disc number (it seems you can "merge" files from two discs by using
> disc number like '1,2,3'; this might be interesting for burning DVDs
> without having to regenerate hdlist - e.g. do-it-yourself RH DVD*)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> That looks cool that means you dont have to regenerate hdlist, if all
> you want is to create 1 CD with rpms from the 3 CD's.
>
> This is the link that got me there.
> https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/limbo-list/2002-September/005993.html
>
> Regards,
> Keith
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> Linux: because I want to get there today. Without rebooting.
>
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>
> Original Message -----
> From: Keith Fernandez
> To: anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 3:44 PM
> Subject: .discinfo
>
> Hi,
> Does anyone know what the .discinfo file is all about.It is
> present on your RedHat CDROM in the root folder. This is what
> my file says.
> ---------------------------------------
> 1042210737.983097
> Redhat 8.0 (Psyche)
>
> 1,2,3
> RedHat/base
> RedHat/RPMS
> RedHat/pixmaps
> ---------------------------------------
> does anyone know what 1,2,3 mean.
> Does it mean that the installer will look for 3 CD's
> I am trying to get RPMS from 3 CD into one CD, I think
> build-install from anaconda-runtime generates this file.
>
>
> Regards,
> Keith
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> Linux: because I want to get there today. Without rebooting.
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