Philip Rowlands wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
Read the RELEASE-NOTES on the CD. You should just rebuild the boot.iso
to include your kickstart parameters and use a CD instead of a floppy.
That's not quite documented in RELEASE-NOTES :)
LOL, no no quite ;o)
The scripts to build boot.iso are contained in the anaconda-runtime
packages. I've never tried this, so I can't offer exact steps, but at a
guess:
- Install the kernel-BOOT and anaconda-runtime packages
- Edit mk-images.i386 to include your kickstart file on the CD, if
needed
- Edit mk-images.i386 to alter isolinux.cfg to include your exact
kickstart kernel parameters
- Run mk-images with the right arguments (Perhaps someone @redhat.com
could give an example)
The exact commands to create the boot.iso from mk-images.i386:
# now make a boot iso
mkdir -p $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath
cp -rl $TOPDESTPATH/isolinux $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath
mkisofs -o $TOPDESTPATH/images/boot.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c
isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J
-V -T $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath
rm -rf $TOPDESTPATH/images/isopath
(The mkisofs command is all on one line)
So, just copy the isolinux directory somewhere, edit isolinux.cfg, and
add your ks.cfg file:
cp -a /where/ever/isolinux /isolinux
Edit isolinux.cfg and change the ks line to something like this:
default ks
label ks
kernel vmlinuz
append ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img
Drop your ks.cfg file in /isolinux, and run mkisofs:
mkisofs -o /boot.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat\
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -V -T\
/isolinux/
Voila! You have a new boot.iso with kickstart.
Forrest
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