Can I put in a "Me too!" for the script without getting in too much trouble? On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 13:07, James_Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi.. The past couple of days I wrote a perl script that does all of > this.. Basically you build a machine how you want -- with the right > packages and what not.. Then from another host, you run my script--it > then ssh's to your pre-built machine, gets the names of all the rpms > installed on it, copies those rpms from a directory, copies some > kickstart files, isolinux files, and RedHat/base directory, then run's > mkisofs and gives you your cd image. > > My mkisofs looks like this : > > mkisofs -r -J -T -v -V "RHEL/3 i386" -A "RHEL/3 i386" -c > isolinux/boot.cat -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot > -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o isos/RHEL3AS-i386-disc1.iso > temp_distro/ > > > > under temp_distro i have the following directories: > > custom isolinux ksfiles RedHat > > > Custom is for specifialy files/packages/scripts/etc. ksfiles are for > kickstart files, isolinux is a modified copy of what is in isolinux on > the RH iso, and RedHat contains base/ and RPMS/. > > > James > > > James S. Martin, RHCE > Contractor > Administrative Office of the United States Courts > Washington, DC > (202) 502-2394