Can anybody provide a comps.xml file and a matching listing of the RPMS directory for a one-cd rh8-based distribution (ie, a mini-server)that actually builds ? I'm trying to build up a mini rh8 from the base+core stated to be the minimum, but it appears that buildinstall needs 'lots' more rpms than the working minimal o/s does to be included in comps.xml and the RPMS tree to successfully build a pkgorder.txt file and an image. It's proving maddeningly difficult to figure out what stuff buildinstall needs in addition to the far smaller set of stuff that the o/s actually needs to run. I'm following the steps in the 'Burning a RedHat CD HOWTO' as follows: - copied rh8.0 cd-1 to /rh80/i386 - added in cd-2 and cd-3 rpms to get'em all - edited splitdistro a little per the HOWTO to not worry about the SRPMS - ran genhdlist, buildinstall, splitdistro etc. and it seemed to rebuild vanilla 8.0 ok - then I tried to strip down the RPMS directory removing unneeded stuff, but buildinstall blows up trying to build the pkgorder.txt file. Any ideas ? -- ---------- Vince.Skahan@xxxxxxxxxx --------- Connexion by Boeing - Cabin Network -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Katz [mailto:katzj@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:27 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Some documentation on the new XML comps file In an effort to try to answer some of the questions before they get asked, I've put up a first go at some documentation on the new XML comps file format at http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps.html. It should be a complete reference to all of the things which are recognized for the file as well as information on how to generate the package lists with dependencies and a simple little python script which uses some attributes of the file. I also went ahead and put up the master comps-milan.xml.in file plus the po files which are used in generating the final comps.xml. It's a bit easier to edit the .in file since it doesn't have the translations merged in which makes it shorter and easier to follow. Tarball is at http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/comps-8.0.tar.gz If anyone has any questions or clarifications, feel free to ask here and I'll try to pay enough attention to answer them and update the documentation accordingly. We're also going to try to get some other things up as we get the time to sit down and work on them. Cheers, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list