Hi Keven,
Keven Ring wrote:
I am attempting to remaster/customize an FC3 install. While there
tends to be some significant documentation on this subject, it all
seems to revolve around adding packages, or updating existing packages
(including
http://rau.homedns.org/twiki/bin/view/Anaconda/AnacondaDocumentationProject,
which has been referenced in this list a couple of times). What I am
trying to do is "simply" remove quite a few packages from the stock
distribution, and add a couple of additional packages.
Here is an outline of the steps that I have taken:
1) Performed an install of FC3, selecting a relatively minimal set of
groups to install.
2) Taken the /root/install.log file as a listing of the packages that
were installed as a basis for the custom "distribution"
3) Added a couple of packages (along with their dependancies) to the
list.
4) Created a basic directory structure mimicking the Disk 1, ie:
/
Fedora/
base/
RPMS/
images/
isolinux/
The RPMS listed in the install.log, along with the additional packages
were placed in the RPMS dir. The isolinux, images, and base
directories are copies of the original FC3 disc 1. In addition, all
of the top level files (README*, eula.txt, GPL, RELEASE*,
RPM-GPG-KEY*, etc) were copied into the top level temporary directory.
5) Based on the content at http://bipolar.longbros.com/?p=10, I
performed the following commands:
genhdlist --productpath=Fedora /tmp/fedora/i386
pkgorder /tmp/fedora/i386 i386 Fedora > /tmp/fedora/pkgfile
buildinstall --pkgorder /tmp/fedora/pkgfile ....
splittree.py ....
genhdlist --productpath=Fedora --withnumbers --fileorder
/tmp/fedora/pkgfile /tmp/fedora/i386-disc[1234]
6) Using mkisofs, created an iso image, and then burned that onto CD.
Unfortunately, this is where things go wrong...
The CD boots, as expected. The initial ram disk is loaded, and the
installer begins, and asks if I want to test the media. I specify
"skip", at which point I get the following:
Running Anaconda, the Fedora Core Installer. Please Wait.
exec of /usr/bin/anaconda failed: no such file or directory
at which point, it unmounts everything, and indicates that it is ready
to reboot.
I have also copied the stage2.img from the stock FC3 disc1 into the
Fedora/base directory after performing the buildinstall. The CD that
is created with that file prompts for install language and keyboard
layout, followed by a prompt indicating No Fedora Core CD was located
that matched the boot media.
So, at this point, I'm stumpted. I haven't modified anaconda, and I
don't have a clue which file or directory it can't locate. Any
thoughts/pointers would be greatly appreciated. If it helps, I can
provide the complete list of RPMS that are being packaged. Note, I am
trying to make this fit on a single CD, along with several kickstart
configurations.
I hit against this problem myself. I built my own list based on a
previous install. I Then
reworked the comps.xml and made a kickstart file to install what was
mentioned in
my comps.xml. When the cd started the install gave the same error. I
tried just copying
the anaconda, anaconda-dev, etc rpms in after customising but this
didn't work.
My solution was a bit of a hack. I did a bit of digging in code and
eventually
found my way to the file "/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/upd-instroot". It
has a variable
in it called PACKAGES which list a series of rpms. I copied every one
mentioned
here into my rpms dir after customising it and rebuilt. The problem went
away
and the install worked.
I started to slowly try to reduce the rpms from this list, but its was
very tedious and I didn't
in the end have enough time. I was able to produce my single disk
install successfully. It
had well over 100MB of free space for me to play with.
The real problem here is that there isn't a working program that lists
all the dependencies
you need and the ones you don't. I found this whole process to be
complete trial an error,
if you doing anything outside building the standard distro. I'm looking
at trying to make
a program to do this, but the docs for the python rpm handling modules
are non-existent.
It might be a while.
I've attached my "upd-instroot-files.txt". This might help in trying to
fix this problem
for you. If you manage to reduce the rpms listed here further I'd be
interested in getting
a copy.
All the best,
om
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