On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 joseph.r.bezouska@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Some docs speak of how basesystem should be the first > >> installed, and its dependence (noted in comps file) on > >> filesystem and in turn setup seems to make the order of > >> 4, 5, and 6 make sense. > >> > >> However, looking over comps and basesystem, I'm missing > >> why 1, 2, and 3 in particular would install first. > > > > > >AFAIK you don't need to concern yourself with install order. Unless, > >maybe, you want to cut a custom CD with only those packages you need. > > > >I personally like to install from a web server, and use the webserver > >logs to discern the order packages are installed. > > > Thanks -- long term, a custom CD is likely the goal. > Short term, it's curiousity about what is "sepcial" > about these 3. > > I mean, clearly they are pretty bascially necessary, > but what/where specifically mandates these > before basesystem -- the purported "first" RPM > to be installed? > > Why these and not, just for sake of example, > say bdflush? > > Curiousity, really -- perhaps the question itself is > way off track. Well, from my webserver logs: 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:19 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/ks/as.ks HTTP/1.1" 200 2148 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:19 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/base/updates.img HTTP/1.1" 404 328 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:19 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/disc1/RedHat/base/updates.img HTTP/1.1" 404 334 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:20 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/base/netstg1.img HTTP/1.1" 200 6938624 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:30 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/base/hdlist HTTP/1.0" 200 1721784 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:30 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/base/comps HTTP/1.0" 200 20806 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:51:49 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/base/hdlist2 HTTP/1.0" 200 12947140 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:34 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-common-2.2.4-13.i386.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 8955252 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/indexhtml-7.2-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 39620 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/mailcap-2.1.6-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 14750 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/redhat-logos-1.1.3-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 528389 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/setup-2.5.7-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 23940 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/filesystem-2.1.6-2.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 11955 192.168.1.109 - - [06/Nov/2002:13:52:47 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.2/dist/RedHat/RPMS/basesystem-7.0-2.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 2074 7.3, updated: 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:04:22 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/ks/server.ks HTTP/1.0" 200 2391 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:04:26 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/updates.img HTTP/1.0" 404 317 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:04:26 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/disc1/RedHat/base/updates.img HTTP/1.0" 404 323 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:04:33 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/netstg1.img HTTP/1.0" 200 7426048 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:05:16 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/hdlist HTTP/1.0" 200 2257352 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:05:18 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/comps HTTP/1.0" 200 17738 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:13:08 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/base/hdlist2 HTTP/1.0" 200 17106732 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:15:22 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/RPMS/ghostscript-fonts-5.50-3.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 824635 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:15:41 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-common-2.2.5-37.i386.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 11187386 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:17:02 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/RPMS/gnome-audio-1.4.0-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 745486 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:17:07 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/RPMS/hwdata-0.14-1.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 177121 192.168.1.110 - - [15/Nov/2002:15:17:09 +0800] "GET /RedHat/7.3u/dist/RedHat/RPMS/indexhtml-7.3-3.noarch.rpm HTTP/1.0" 200 80329 I don't have logs for 8.x that I can see, but your theory looks a little shot. -- Please, reply only to the list.
