I usually do upgrades via Anaconda by copying the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the isolinux dir on the install media to my /boot and then adding an entry to /etc/grub.conf to boot into Anaconda and do the Upgrade. Today I decided that replacing this manual process by a rpm file containing the files with the necessary scriplet shebang for the grub stuff would be a better idea. Attached is my .spec so far. This works for me, as in install/uninstall add/removes the grub entry and the right files. Rebooting and selecting the "Install/Upgrade Fedora 6.93" entry in the grub boot menu actually boots Anaconda and asks for the install method. Some questions though: Is this usable for anyone but me? Can this be distributed in Fedora, can it be distributed by me? Am I doing something wrong by repackaging the binary initrd.img and vmlinuz files? Multi-arch: My initial idea was to just create one tarball per arch and have them in the spec as Source0, Source1 and so forth and use arch macros in the spec to determine which tarball to use on which arch. Does anyone have a better idea? SRPM here: http://folk.ntnu.no/sindrb/packages/fedora-bootanaconda-6.93-1.fc7.src.rpm (7.3 MB) SPEC here: http://folk.ntnu.no/packages/fedora-bootanaconda.spec (spec is also attached) -- Sindre Pedersen Bjørdal <foolish@xxxxxxxxx> - http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SindrePedersenBjordal
#version mirrors the version of Fedora it will install
Name: fedora-bootanaconda
Version: 6.93
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: Start the Fedora installer with the existing boot loader
Group: System Environment/Kernel
License: GPL
URL: http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SindrePedersenBjordal/FedoraBootAnaconda
#source is binary
Source0: %{name}-%{version}-i386.tar.gz
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
ExclusiveArch: i386
Requires: mkinitrd
%description
Fedora-bootanaconda provides the files necessary to boot into the Fedora
installer, called Anaconda, from an existing Fedora installation without
the use of external media. This allows the user to simply reboot and select
"Install Fedora" from the bootloader menu to start the installation/upgrade
of Fedora.
%prep
%setup -qn %{name}-%{version}-%{_arch}
%build
#no build needed
%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
install -m 0644 -D vmlinuz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/vmlinuz-bootanaconda-%{version}
install -m 0600 -D initrd.img $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot/initrd-bootanaconda-%{version}.img
%post
#use grubby to add entry to grub
grubby --add-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-bootanaconda-%{version} --args=askmethod --initrd=/boot/initrd-bootanaconda-%{version}.img --title="Install/Upgrade Fedora %{version}"
%preun
#remove grub entry
grubby --remove-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-bootanaconda-%{version}
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%doc README
/boot/vmlinuz-bootanaconda-%{version}
/boot/initrd-bootanaconda-%{version}.img
%changelog
* Thu May 26 2007 Sindre Pedersen Bjørdal <foolish[AT]guezz.net> - 6.93-1
- Initial build
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