On 4/6/06, Matt Paine <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Firstly my apologies for questions that may seem simple for some people
> on the list.
>
>
> After years of working with Redhat (6.3 and onwards) I thought It would
> be fun for a challenge and try building a custom distro, you know the
> ones, updated rpm's etc. Anyway, after getting completely frustrated
> trying with FC4, I gave up until FC5 came out.
>
> So I've been trying and trying ever since day one of FC5, but still no
> luck. I'm not receiving any errors during the build process, and the
> build cd's boot okay, but as soon as it gets to the install part it
> spits the cd out and asks for the correct cd (No Fedora Core CD was
> found which matches your boot media. Please insert......). I checked out
> the .discinfo file and it looks exactly like (except for the datestamp)
> the one on the original cd.
>
> Could someone please let me know what could be going on.
>
> I have one script that runs the build process.......
>
> ===============8<======================
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> ARCH=i386
> SOURCE=/home/fedora/public_html/fc5
> BUILD=/home/fedora/public_html/mswfc5
> PKGORDER=$BUILD-pkgorder.txt
>
>
> # clean
> rm -fr ${BUILD}*
> cp -la ${SOURCE} ${BUILD}
>
> /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder ${BUILD} ${ARCH} Fedora > ${PKGORDER}
>
> /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall --comp mswfc5 --pkgorder
> ${PKGORDER} --version 5 --product "Fedora Core" --release "Fedora Core"
> --prodpath Fedora --discs "1,2,3,4,5" ${BUILD}
>
>
> /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/splittree.py --arch=${ARCH} --total-discs=5
> --bin-discs=5 --src-discs=0 --release-string="Fedora Core"
> --pkgorderfile=${PKGORDER} --distdir=${BUILD} --srcdir=${BUILD}-SRPMS
> --productpath=Fedora
>
>
>
> mkisofs -R -J -T -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -V
> "Fedora Core" -A "Fedora Core" -P "Fedora Core" -p "Fedora Core" -b
> isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -o ${BUILD}-disc1.iso
> ${BUILD}-disc1/
>
> for i in 2 3 4 5 ; do
> mkisofs -R -J -T -V "Fedora Core" -A "Fedora Core" -P "Fedora
> Core" -p "Fedora Core" -o ${BUILD}-disc${i}.iso ${BUILD}-disc${i}/
> done;
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> I would have loved to work this out myself but I've been trying lots of
> things and nothing has been working, and there seems limited information
> through the archive.
>
> Thankyou for any help.
>
> Matt
>
I used the same commands, except splittree.py script because my
customized distro has only one CD :-) It works perfectly.
Cheers,
