> Actually, there is a *much* easier way to do this. On your NFS server > that you are doing the install from, make a directory under the i386 > directory called "RHUpdates". Then, loopback mount the update disk .img > files and copy the contents (which should be some .py files) to the > RHUpdates directory. The installer should look in this directory for > the newer files and use those. Brent, to be sure what you mean (is it documented?), the modified tree will then be: i386/RedHat i386/images i386/RHUpdates/anaconda i386/RHUpdates/autopart.py i386/RHUpdates/libparted.so i386/RHUpdates/... Right? Or should I keep the structure in the rpms? Like this? i386/RHUpdates/usr/lib/anaconda/autopart.py i386/RHUpdates/usr/lib/libparted-1.4.so.14.1.1 Or anything else? Should it be in the i386/RedHat/base directory? Would it mean that people have to type "ks updates" or "linux updates" so that it takes effect? I hope not. If this is the case, that would be very bad for lots of sites already setup, documented, automated, etc. > That way, the updates get applied for everyone doing installs from the > NFS server, and you only have to deal with the updates once (on the > server instead of the client). And if the anaconda-7.2...rpm and parted-1.4...rpm, it would be done at once for all. Even for people making iso images with uptodates rpms. I realise I should do it myself and then share. But I am not an expert! Now that all these installations phases are in rpms, which is certainly much nicer, wouldn't it be simpler to include the installation rpms in updates? That would keep the installation identical no matter which patch is coming. Isn't that right? If libparted had to be updated for installation, doesn't that mean it should also be updated for the program parted? Same for anaconda? > Hope this helps, Both answer gave some hints. Maybe I should have catch the rpms in anaconda at the right time? By the way, I never noticed that RedHat/base/netstg1.img and stage2.img were accessed during installation. Are they? Is it not only the rpms that are? Sorry to insist on that but it could help many people if done properly, IMHO. Or am I misunderstanding something? Anne -- Anne Possoz Service Informatique Central Tel : (41/21) 693.22.49 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
