On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 06:31:57PM -0500, Anoop Bhat wrote: > Also, I'd like to setup some sort of local build server so that machines in > my DMZ can get updates locally without having to go out to the web. Are > there any recommendations on how to do this for RHEL 3 on machines without X > ? Recommendation: pull down the rpms and cache them locally and run up2date with the -k option to search a directory first. You will still need to contact RHN to determine which packages you need, but if the file you think you need to download is in the -k path, it will be pulled from there instead of being re-downloaded. > Somethings i found were missing from the rpms in cds 1-4, such as > mysql-server and also lynx. Are those not shipped with RHEL3 and why not? mysql-server is in the unsupported Extras package. Go to RHN and subscribe to that channel. That's where I got mine from and it works just fine. lynx was replaced with the elinks package. This supports frames, https, and a few other things that lynx doesn't. > Lastly, is there any sort of way to use kickstart to build a base system and > then perhaps automate a way to with maybe another kickstart file to install > X on selected boxes. that way the installation method is automated and a > person can select which type of machine they need. Why not have 2 kickstart files on your server and have the user select which to use? You can also have pxe select which to install based on a bunch of things like mac address, subnet mask, etc. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
