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Re: creating an install cd

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Messmer)
Wed Nov 4 12:22:18 1998

Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 10:28:51 -0800
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com>
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Ed Lazor wrote:
> 
> Anyone know how to create an install an install cd for Red Hat 5.1?  I'd
> like to boot the system from the Boot Disk, specify for the install to use
> the cdrom and have everything work.
> 
> Thanks in advance :)

I logged into one of the mirror sites and used get i386.tar.gz. Lo,
and behold the glory, it worked.  The ftp server sent me a tarball
that kept all the file permissions correct. (Some files need to be
executable.)  Then use xcdroast to master and burn the cd.

MSG


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