Tait Clarridge-2 wrote: > > >> > %post >> > >> > /usr/bin/yum -y update >> /root/post_install_update.log 2>&1 >> > >> > This will update the system without you having to do anything and >> > log what it has done for your viewing pleasure. >> >> The disadvantage to this is that it will download a lot more data than >> is needed if you pull the initial install source as well as the >> updates. And it takes up a good bit of time if there are a lot of >> updates. Having anaconda only install the latest packages speeds >> things up and saves on bandwidth. :) > > This is true, I was just giving him a quick and dirty way to try. I > would NEVER do this from home unless I wanted to say goodbye to my > monthly bandwidth allowance, I was using it from work and we have very > fasts speeds to some of our local mirrors. > > Or - you can make your own Fedora re-mix iso using mock/pungi, and thereby get a new DVD which will install with the latest RPMs current at the time the re-mix was made. Another advantage is that you can make the personalised DVD iso without all the additional language support thereby reducing the iso from around 3.7GiB to around 2.5Gib - then the install on other machines would be even quicker and updates after install likely to be pretty quick and not need much bandwidth. Of course you need to spend the time making the remix iso - but once done it saves a lot on installs on the other machines. I have a "recipe" for running mock/pungi if there is interest ... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/kickstart----refreshing-rpm%27s.-tp25811684p25821058.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
