Distributing Updated Redhat 7.2 / 7.3 CD
Scripts for creating always up to date Redhat 7.2 /7.3 Installation CDs
Last Updated: Jul 1 2002
Note: The scripts in this page is modified from Distribution Hacking 101: disecting anaconda; If you are interested in this page, you should also take a look at their website at: http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/at/roswell-ltsp.html which covers an in depth modification of the stage2 images.
Intro:
If you are sick of applying updates when installing Redhat 7.2/7.3 to new systems, here is a way to update the Redhat 7.2/7.3 source disc. Redhat has come with tools that allows you to build your own CD images, in order to simplify the tasks for newbies, we have compiled a script for you:
RH 7.3 RPM: RedHat 7.2/7.3 RPMCenter RPMs Section
RH 7.3 SRPM: RedHat 7.2/7.3 RPMCenter SRPMs Section
Prereqs:
Make sure you have anaconda (disc2), anaconda-runtime (disc2), mkisofs and cdrecord installed on your system.
Install:
Read the instructions in QUICKSTART in the tar file
Other sites:
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/RedHat7-CDs-HowTo.html - Info on creating RH 7.0 Reiser support CD
Mirrors:
http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~edwin/update-redhat-cd/
TODOs:
Automatically fetch updates (cronjob) from updates.redhat.com and put it to approriate discs then remove the old package. ~ 2.0?
