on 10/16/2007 4:28 AM, Benny Amorsen wrote: >>>>>> "DM" == Douglas McClendon <dmc.fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > DM> As the other responder mentioned, I'm assuming you don't really > DM> mean Everything (much as I was one of the longest hold-outs of > DM> keeping and using Everything installs). > > I mean what I say. I don't want to actually install everything; it > should just be available on the stick so I can use kickstart files to > pick and choose. > > DM> But you do then still need to put smarts into the initramfs to > DM> deal with the fact that it may be looking for an iso on a vfat > DM> usbstick. Not difficult by any means, but definitely a bit of > DM> work. > > If it's just an image to dd, you can keep everything in whichever file > format you want. > > I must admit I'm at bit surprised at all the complexity. All I want is > to dd DVD.iso to a USB stick, but the DVD.iso is not in a format which > BIOS's know how to boot from. With the right boot record, everything > should be in place. > > Alternatively, if I knew how to partition the device so that boot.img > could fit before an ext2 partition, I could just put the DVD.iso there > and that should work too. During the Anaconda install there is a section to add additional sources. I wonder if the 'Everything' directory could be used? It does have the repodata. And it certainly does have everything else. :-) -- David
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