On Wed May 23 2001 at 18:17, "A.J. Werkman" wrote: > >Second, If I change the content of the packages on the cd, i.e. the contents > >of the /RedHat/RPMS directory on the cd, then I understand that I have to > >change the content in the comps file to match the included packages. But do > > You have to use genhdlist conatined in the anaconda package. > I don't know exactly when and when not to update with genhdlist. But to be > on the save side I always run genhdlist when I change filepackages in RPMS > and also when I change the comps-file. The comps file is separate, nothing to do with the rpms in the install directories. When they change, that's when you need to use genhdlist. > >I also have to regenerate the hdlist file? Is so, how do I do that? Do I genhdlist from the adaconda rpm. > >also have to change anything on the images contained in the /RedHat/base > >directory? > > Don't think so. hdlist is generated by genhdlist - it is a database created from information gleeded out of the rpm packages in the Redhat/RPMS/ directories. The comps file you can (carefully) hack to alter the installer's default package install options. Cheers Tony
