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Re: RedHat CD Howto?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Graham Hemmings)
Fri Oct 30 11:17:56 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:16:52 +0000
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From: Graham Hemmings <gh-work@netcomuk.co.uk>
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At 23:53 29/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
Here's the one I knocked up and posted a while back, hope it is what you need.
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HOWTO CREATE A (BOOTABLE) RH5.1 CD GVH - 20/07/98
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Below is the procedure I used to create this RH5.1 CD with
updated RPMs included. I assume that the Redhat 5.1 directories will
be placed onto a Linux box under the directory /temp/rh5.1 this will
become the root of your CD.
1) Retrieve RH5.1 from RedHat's site (or any mirror). You MUST ensure
that all filenames and ATTRIBUTES are preserved. If you are
retrieving them using a UNIX box then you should not have any
problems. If you are retrieving them using any other platform then
get the FTP server to tar the source before sending it. You can do
this by specifying the directory that you want to retrieve and
appending ".tar" (without the quotes) to the end. There are several
directories you should retrieve in this way;
dosutils
gnome
images
misc
RedHat/base
RedHat/instimage
All other directories may be retrieved in the normal way so long as
their filenames are preserved.
2) Retrieve all updated RPMs from RedHat's FTP Site.
3) Replace the old RPMs with the updated RPMs. As they will be
different versions (and hence different file names) you MUST be
sure to delete the old RPMs.
Note: You can also add any of your favourite (non-distribution)
RPMS and remove any from the distribution that you don't
want. But be sure that you know what the implications of
doing so will be. It may also be necessary to edit the file
RedHat/base/comps although I cannot offer any advice on the
details of this file.
4) Before proceeding to step 5, make absolutely sure that everything
is where it should be and pay particular attention to the Case of
directory names (Windows may have screwed these up for you).
5) You now need to create a new RedHat/base/hdlist file so that the
installation routine will use the new RPMs. Do this by typing
the following:
/temp/rh5.1/misc/src/install/genhdlist /temp/rh5.1
6) The next thing to do is create an ISO image, you can then burn
this image onto a CD using your favourite platform - or even
Windows ;) To do this enter one of the following as one line:
For a bootable CD (if boot images are available)
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mkisofs -b misc/boot/autoboot.img -c misc/boot/boot.catalog -a
-A "RedHat Linux 5.1 with Patches to 07/07/98" -d -L -N
-o /temp/RH51.iso -P "Publisher ID" -p "Preparer ID" -r
-T -V "RHLinux5.1" -v /temp/rh5.1
For a non-bootable CD
================================================
mkisofs -a -A "RedHat Linux 5.1 with Patches to 07/07/98" -d -L
-N -o /temp/RH51.iso -P "Publisher ID" -p "Preparer ID"
-r -T -V "RHLinux5.1" -v /temp/rh5.1
Alternatively you could use mkhybrid instead of mkisofs to create
an image with Joliet support (Win95 & Win NT) as well as Rock Ridge
extensions:
For a bootable CD (if boot images are available)
================================================
mkhybrid -b misc/boot/autoboot.img -c misc/boot/boot.catalog -a
-A "RedHat Linux 5.1 with Patches to 07/07/98" -d -J -L -N
-o /temp/RH51.iso -P "Publisher ID" -p "Preparer ID" -r
-T -V "RHLinux5.1" -v /temp/rh5.1
For a non-bootable CD
================================================
mkhybrid -a -A "RedHat Linux 5.1 with Patches to 07/07/98" -d -J -L
-N -o /temp/RH51.iso -P "Publisher ID" -p "Preparer ID"
-r -T -V "RHLinux5.1" -v /temp/rh5.1
Obviously you can replace "Publisher ID" & "Preparer ID" with
whatever you like. For more details on the options I have used
take a look at the mkisofs man page.
7) You should now have an ISO image that you can burn to CD. If you
want to check that the image is OK and you have compiled loopback
filesystem support into your kernel, then you can actually mount
this image as a filesystem and have a look through it, or even
install another PC with RH5.1 from it via NFS or FTP! Isn't Linux
wonderful! You can do this with the following command:
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /temp/rh5/RH51.iso /mnt/rh5.1
You should make sure that the directory /mnt/rh5.1 exists.
Note you will find a file called TRANS.TBL in every directory. This is
a translation table that will allow you to find the correct filename
on an OS that doesn't support Rockridge or Joliet for long filenames
should you have the need to. It also lists dev types and symlinks.
Good Luck
Graham...
>Hey everyone....
>
>A few months ago a really good howto for writing a redhat cd was posted, and
>for the life of me I can't seem to find it in the archives. Can someone
>repost that message?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jeremy Domingue
>jer@hughes.net
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