At Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:48:29 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Robert Heller <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote > > > > This seems overly complex for my needs. Â I don't want (or need) to > > rebuild all 6 of the install CDs. Â I just want to *replace* one RPM on > > the first CD. Â I have copied the CD's directory tree to a writable file > > system and replaced the rpm in question. Â I now need to just make a new > > ISO file and all I need is the proper command line arguments to mkisofs > > to do this. Â I am *NOT* creating a new distribution. Â And I really don't > > want to mess with a complex GUI program or edit many configuration > > files. > > > > I would also rather do this on my CentOS 4.7 system (revisor does not > > seem to be available for CentOS 4 / RHEL 4). Â Running it on a diskless > > workstation with a read-only root file system is a total pain. Â And will > > become even more painful when I then have to mount a large file system > > with NFS. > > > > First of all, if you replace an RPM, you'll need to do createrepro. > > disc_info=`head -1 $BASE/$ARCH/.discinfo` > createrepo -v --baseurl="$disc_info" -g repodata/comps.xml $ARCH > OK, it looks like I need to do this (see below). > If the RPM is a "system RPM", then you probably want to do a > buildinstall first to get it into the anaconda system (and get a new > disc_info), > a la: > > $BASE/buildinstall --debug \ > --version 5 --product 'CentOS' --release "CentOS 5" \ > --prodpath CentOS $BASE/$ARCH 2>&1 > > If all you want is a mkisofs, what's wrong with the "man" command?? > > Maybe something like: > > mkisofs -q -r -R -J -T -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -pad \ > -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -boot-info-table \ > -V "$VER ($date)" \ > -A "$REL - $VER - $firmware" \ > -publisher "$PUB" -p "$PUB" -x lost+found \ > -o "CentOS-$VER-$date.iso" $ARCH 2>&1 I was unsure of the specific options above -- After installing revisor and poked around in the source code and found what I needed, but my test install failed -- it complained that there was a problem with mkinitrd -- could not open it or find it -- guessing I need to rebuild the repro database. > > ... reboot, lather, rinse and repeat .... :-) :=) > > You may find "re-generating" the CentOS CDs/DVD quite easy at > times and very frustrating and complex at others ...... Yeah, it appears so. I just hope I don't have to rebuild all 6 CDs, since I don't have the DVD nor do I have a DVD-R drive either, so doing things with a single DVD is not an option. > > HTH > > -rak- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
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