Re: How to split a DVD to CDs?

--- Johnny Hughes <johnnycentos.org>wrote:

> jacky wrote:
> > --- John Summerfield
> > <debianherakles.homelinux.org>wrote:
> > 
> >> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> >>> jacky wrote:
> >>>> Hi, all.
> >>>>
> >>>> I use createrepo and buildinstall to
create a
> >> RHEL
> >>>> DVD, but how can I split it to CDs?
> >>> There is no easy way to split into CDs
from the
> >> DVD.
> >>> You can use the program buildinstall (part
of
> >> anaconda-runtime) to split
> >>> a tree into CDs and build an ISO install.
> >>>
> >>> See this link:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> h
ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/BuildInstall
> >>
> >> You could also google for fedora respin (also
> >> re-spin). Anything that 
> >> applies to FC6 would apply almost exactly to
C5.
> >>
> >> pungi _might_ do it, it was introduced for F7
> >>
> >
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releas
es/FeatureUsePungi?highlight=%28pungi%29
> > 
> > But how did CentOS developers created CentOS5
CDs?
> > 
> 
> We used a highly classified, top secret method ... I
> could tell you, but
> then I would have to kill you 
> 
> Actually ... I did tell you ... we used buildinstall
> 
> Which basically does what Jeroen van Meeuwen said
> ... then you write the
> directories created by splittree to ISO using
> mkisofs.

Yes, I did it. But I can't install it. Anaconda only
find rpm in the first CD, it seems that anaconda don't
know there are five CDs. So, what did I missing?

> 
> pungi (as it is in fedora7/8/9) will not work as
> anaconda is not correct
> in RHEL4/5 (and therefore not in CentOS either).
> 
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
> 
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--- jacky <gtkdictyahoo.com.cn>wrote:

> 
> --- Johnny Hughes <johnnycentos.org>wrote:
> 
> > jacky wrote:
> > > --- John Summerfield
> > > <debianherakles.homelinux.org>wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > >>> jacky wrote:
> > >>>> Hi, all.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I use createrepo and buildinstall
to create a
> > >> RHEL
> > >>>> DVD, but how can I split it to
CDs?
> > >>> There is no easy way to split into
CDs from
> the
> > >> DVD.
> > >>> You can use the program buildinstall
(part of
> > >> anaconda-runtime) to split
> > >>> a tree into CDs and build an ISO
install.
> > >>>
> > >>> See this link:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> h
ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/BuildInstall
> > >>
> > >> You could also google for fedora respin
(also
> > >> re-spin). Anything that 
> > >> applies to FC6 would apply almost exactly
to
> C5.
> > >>
> > >> pungi _might_ do it, it was introduced
for F7
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releas
es/FeatureUsePungi?highlight=%28pungi%29
> > > 
> > > But how did CentOS developers created
CentOS5
> CDs?
> > > 
> > 
> > We used a highly classified, top secret method
...
> I
> > could tell you, but
> > then I would have to kill you 
> > 
> > Actually ... I did tell you ... we used
> buildinstall
> > 
> > Which basically does what Jeroen van Meeuwen said
> > ... then you write the
> > directories created by splittree to ISO using
> > mkisofs.
> 
> Yes, I did it. But I can't install it. Anaconda only
> find rpm in the first CD, it seems that anaconda
> don't
> know there are five CDs. So, what did I missing?
> 

I solve this problem by adding option "--baseurl"
to
createrepo command.

> > 
> > pungi (as it is in fedora7/8/9) will not work as
> > anaconda is not correct
> > in RHEL4/5 (and therefore not in CentOS either).
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Johnny Hughes
> > 
> > >
_______________________________________________
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> > CentOS-develcentos.org
> >
>
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
> > 
> 



     
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