[Rule-list] Modified installer

[Devon]

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On Saturday 16 February 2002 11:52 am, Martin Stricker wrote:

> This brought to me another thought: What about making a very small ISO
> (I fear a floppy will be too small) without any packages, which just
> boots the modified installer and comps file, asks the questions and
> then installs from the original Red Hat CDs? SGI does something similar
> to brovide install-time support for their journaling filesystem XFS,
> see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ . I asked on their mailing list
> how they did it, they told me to look into the anaconda source on their
> ISO. Sadly I neither have time nor knowledge enough to dig into this,
> but maybe someone else?

I've been playing around with doing just that. Obviously, this would be 
the way to go. I've had some success, but it isn't quite ready for prime 
time. I've seen some interesting python tracebacks, though. :) I've also 
created quite a coaster collection out of the rejected CDs.

> Hopefully monday evening (German time, GMT +1). Right now all the
> pieces of hardware I could get from my company are lying here next to
> my, waiting to be assembled. I have to be careful what to use, there's
> some very strange hardware among it (from the cheapest computers one
> could buy in Gerrmany four years ago). Before I try RULE I'll do a
> standard RHL7.2 install to test everything.

Good luck, enjoy! 

- -D

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