Hi, i put the rpms into the RPMS dir and ran /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --hdlist /mnt/FC3/Fedora/base/hdlist --productpath Fedora /mnt/FC3/ this seems to complete successfully and i can see that the packages have been added to the list strings /mnt/FC3/Fedora/base/hdlist |grep stateless stateless-server stateless-0.20-1.src.rpm stateless-server stateless-common stateless-server-0.20-1.noarch.rpm stateless-common stateless-0.20-1.src.rpm config(stateless-common) stateless-common config(stateless-common) stateless-common-0.20-1.noarch.rpm stateless-client stateless-0.20-1.src.rpm stateless-client stateless-common stateless-client-0.20-1.noarch.rpm strings /mnt/FC3/Fedora/base/hdlist |grep readonly readonly.so readonly-root Enables the use of a readonly root filesystem of a readonly root filesystem. The rc.readonly initscript configures the system so that temporary live CDs. Finally, the readonly-prepare script tweaks an OS image to make it suitable for booting with readonly-root. readonly-root-0.10-1.src.rpm `config(readonly-root) readonly-root config(readonly-root) readonly-root-0.10-1.i386.rpm however, when i attempt to do the kickstart install, the install now terminates abnormally right after preparing rpm transaction thx in advance, Peter Schobel ~ On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 06:02, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 13:16 -0500, Peter Schobel wrote: > > i'm having a few problems with setting up stateless linux for the > > rsync-based cached instantiation model > > > > first of all, i couldn't get the post install script in the kickstart > > file to work. and i'm not sure why because i could not see any output > > from that script but i know that when the system would reboot, the > > stateless-client package would not be installed > > What I was doing in the end was: > > - Rather than using the yum-from-kickstart hack I'd recommend copying > that stateless-* and readonly-root RPMs into a rawhide install tree > and then doing: > > $> genhdlist --hdlist /path/to/install/tree/Fedora/base/hdlist --productpath Fedora /path/to/tree > > - And then using the kickstart file attached. > > It'd be great if you could confirm that works and send patches for the > HOWTO. > > Cheers, > Mark.
