On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Dietmar Plassmann wrote: > Hello all, > > I need a couple of days before I could create my first own customized > installation CD, based on RH 7.3. Now I have new hardware and the CD > doesn't work anymore. > > So I decided to make a RH9 Installation CD, but it is much more > difficult for me. I am still working with RH 7.3 and it seems there is > no way to run all needed scripts. > > Has no one develop a script, RPMS as parameter and comps.xml and hdlist > as result? That would be fine :-) > > The old way was easier, collect the needed RPMs, edit the comps file, > delete some lines, include some lines, run genhdlist, ready. I think I > must invest much more time or is there a simple explanation with example > for a mimum server system? You need to run RHL 9 to get the right versions of anaconda, rpm etc to build your RHL 9 packages. One way to achieve this w/o deserting your RHL 7.3 desktop is to build a RHL9 filesystem and chroot into it on your RHL 7.3 system. This topic was discussed here (I think, redhat-devel or maybe ks otherwise) about 2-3 weeks ago, including some thoughts about whether the new threads process would make it unworkable. -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
