[Rule-list] Potential low mem boot disk/installer

[Devon]

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On Monday 04 March 2002 12:23 pm, Brock Organ wrote:
> I've been there and done that, and the most nagging problem with using
> rpm2cpio is that the package pre and post scripts are not run, this
> means important configuration does not take place ... the other
> downside is that your rpm database does not get updated for the
> software you've installed, which makes rpm a lot less useful ...

Hi Brock,

I agree, it has it's quirks. :)
However, the database problem is easily solved, and I included a small 
script on the boot disk to generate a working database. Basically, it 
does rpm --justdb for all packages in the package list, once you have 
done a pivot_root, and chroot'ed to the the new root directory.
The pre and post scripts not getting run is another issue entirely, and 
needs some work, of course. 
 
> What I've done privately is used rpm in a shell script to install
> packages (such as a base system or a workstation system), note the
> package order rpm chooses to install with, then put my pkg list in that
> order and call rpm with the --noorder parameter ... it's a poor man's
> rpm2cpio (:)) with the added benefit of updating the rpm database and
> running pre and post scripts ...
>
> just my $0.02, :)

Not sure I follow you here. With no installed system, how do you call rpm 
to do the install? I'd be happy to look into doing something similar.

Of course, the boot disk is still an exceptionally useful tool to have 
available as a boot/recovery disk. It may never be a great installer, but 
I think it has good potential as a recovery tool.

The image I posted isn't very polished but it does have some useful 
functionality. Then again, it was 4:00 AM local time when I finally 
finished, and damn near anything would have been acceptable. ;)

Thanks for the input, I do appreciate it. 

- -D

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