Re: please help, CentOS 5.1 kickstart installation looking for stuff from CD2???

Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote:
> 	Rudi,
>
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>   
>> Yes, I just copied cd.iso to a folder and removed a
few things I didn't
>> want. Later on I'm going to add a few rpm's which I
want to the
>> kickstart to copy to the installed system.
>> I currently have all the files on a SME 7.3 server
(which runs on a
>> very  modified version of CentOS 4.6) so I don't
know if the createrepo
>> command will work, or actually do what it's
supposed todo.
>>     
>
> 	You'll need  createrepo
updates files in repodata/ that are used
> during installation.
>   
Would this still work if the only other machine I have to my
disposal to 
setup the ISO (where I'm currently creating the kickstart
file & ISO 
file) is on a different OS & architecture?
For example, I'm writing & testing a kickstart for
CentOS 5.1 x64, and I 
only have 1 64bit PC at this stage. But our LAN server, as I
said, runs 
on SME 7.3, which is CentOS 4.6 i386 - will this make any
difference?
>   
>> Is there any way of sorting this out manually? I'm
happy to edit the
>> files for the CD
>>     
>
> 	What I would do personally, if I were at your
situation would be
> to use reposync (in yum-utils) to take care of syncing
needed packages,
> for example:
>
> 	I would need joe, mc, screen, ssh, so I would ask
reposync to sync
> from a CentOS mirror those packages (and reposync will
also download all
> needed dependencies). In order to have a more real
setup, I will install a
> system with just:
>
> 	%packages --nobase to have the minimal files that Core
needs,
> then will rpm -qa to know which ones are needed and add
them to my
> personal preference list in order to reposync to get
the rest.
>
> 	At the end, reposync will have setup for me a copy of
that repo
> with just what I need and it's dependencies and run
createrepo on them...
> 	(That's what cobbler does ;) )
>
> 	Regards
> 	Pablo
>   
Well, this is the thing. I already use "%packages
--nobase " in my 
kickstart file, which worked fine previously, without
wanting to install 
this particular rpm, but now it's looking for it on CD2.
odd

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