Not if you satisfy all dependancies and you are using kickstart. At least that is how I had done it in 6.2 I removed all unnecessary rpms, satisfied all dependancies of RPM's that were there and make a bootable kickstart CD. I didnt even modify the comps file. Regards, Keith -------- Linux: because I want to get there today. Without rebooting. -------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Schwarz" <brett_schwarz@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Keith Fernandez" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:23 AM Subject: Re: .discinfo > 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 > > -------- > > Linux: because I want to get there today. Without rebooting. > > > > ----- > > > > 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 > > -------- > > Linux: because I want to get there today. Without rebooting. > > -------- > -- > Brett Schwarz > brett_schwarz AT yahoo.com
