Thanks for your reply, see inline comments/question: On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > Pardon me if these questions have been asked already. > > > > I can easily get around all of these problems by cleaning up > > in %post, but > > I'd rather not have to: > > > > 1. How do I stop the installer from installing a whole crap load of > > packages I DID NOT specify? Like sendmail, kernel-pcmcia, perl, > > linuxconf.... > > > Look in the RedHat/base/comps file on your medium. That specifies which > files will be installed. There are several headers (like GNOME, Printer, > KDE, etc.) which you can specify that will add certain packages. The first > list (Base) will be put on every system that you install. I was under the ?mistaken? impression that the packages I have listed in my ks.cfg file would be the ones that are install. You are saying this isn't true? > > > > 2. How do I tell the installer that I want my interface to be > > ONBOOT="yes"? > > > I'm not sure what it is that you want here... currently inside of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ONBOOT="no" which means the interface isn't "up"ed on boot. > > > > 3. I rolled my own iso using the redhat install cd. I > > removed all the > > RPMS that I won't be installing. Will this cause me problems? > > > After you add or remove programs (or change the comps file) you must run > genhdlist on the directory, before you make the iso/burn the cd. > I will keep this in mind, which package is genhdlist from? Thanks! -- -- Paul
