On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:19:09 -0500 (EST) "rpjday" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1) i notice that the anaconda.src.rpm is responsible for building *both* > the anaconda and anaconda-runtime rpms. what's the fundamental > difference between these two rpms? i've read the comments in their > headers and i'm still unclear on the rationale for what goes in one > and what goes in the other. The main anaconda package is designed so that it can be installed and run after a system is installed to configure certain items; it can also be used to install a chroot environment. anaconda-runtime is things that are only needed to set up the normal Red Hat install environment; nothing in there is needed after the system is already installed. > 2) in poking through the boot floppy, i've found both the "init" > program, which calls the "loader" program, both in the /sbin > directory on the floppy. i've noticed that, when i build the > anaconda src rpm, in the "loader" directory, the "init" program > is created, but not the "loader" program. you can easily cd > to that directory and "make loader", but i guess i'm just curious > why it's not compiled as part of the normal build process. You get loader-network, loader-local, and loader-pcmcia, each of which has support for different types of installs. You get loader on some other platforms (such as ia64 iirc). Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "Amazingly, there are significant numbers of 30-something women now who | | want to learn how to box - something that most sensible American men gave | | up years ago." - New York Times Magazine |
