[Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update

[Chuck Moss]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:16:24PM -0800, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > Now, the problem remains as to how to implement this.  I just 
> > tried using a
> > floppy with the new anaconda, and using the original discs, 
> > but it looks
> > like the stage2.img on the original disc is the culprit.  I 
> > have been using
> > totally rebuilt discs.  Thus, it looks like we have to 
> > somehow change the
> > stage2.img, or rebuild the disc(s).  Any ideas on this subject?
> 
> I think that I figured it out.  It looks like loader.c will check
> /tmp/updates/anaconda for updates.  If you pass the `updates` flag at boot,
> it will copy everything from the updates floppy to /tmp/updates.  So, I
> copied anaconda (from the source) to my updates floppy (a ext2 formatted
> floppy), and changed line 323 from:
> 
> if iutil.memInstalled() < isys.MIN_RAM:
> 
> to:
> 
> if iutil.memInstalled() < 6000:
> 
> I had to boot from a fixed floppy boot.img, and typed `linux updates
> mem=16M'.  It then asked for an updates disk, and used the fixed anaconda,
> and then started the install.

If I am following this correctly, Great news.
I'll try to get some time over the weekend to dig into some of this myself.


Chuck


> 
> So, our users can download a fixed boot.img, and an updates disk, and still
> use the regular Red Hat 7.2 discs!
> 
> I wonder if we can pass a different comps file...
> 
> Forrest
> 
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