Tristan Fillmore said: > I'm interested in creating my own ISOs and modifying the package list to > only include the packages I'm interested in. > > How are the ISOs for Fedora created? What must be modified to make > alterations to the installer? > > Any relevant links or advice would be appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > Tristan > OK... so it's a bit more complex... A nice link would be Bob's Anaconda HOWTO (http://www.sd.no-ip.biz/code/aurora/). Over there you have some other nice links... If you need more info... google 'round... For CD generation I personaly use a small script. The script expects to have in the current directory the i386 and SRPMS directories. If anyone can give me a review on it, i'd really apreciate-it. If it's OK then I'll start work on a GTK2 based anaconda customiser. Don't forget to check the export's at the begining of the script. ( The comments with a plus apply to fedora core) ------------------------ #!/bin/bash # version 0.1 # Creator Razvan Corneliu C.R. VILT ################################### # Variables # ################################### export PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/anaconda export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime:/usr/share/comps-extras export BASEDIR=`pwd` # CD Publisher # +I guess it's 'Fedora Core Project' export publisher='Digital Vision' # Some CD-Booting information export bootimg='isolinux/isolinux.bin' export bootcat='isolinux/boot.cat' # The code-name of the current version # +"yarrow" for Fedora Core 1 export distname="seraphim" # The version no. of the distribution # +It should be something like 1.90 for the version in development rightnow (rawhide) export distver="0.91" # +For rawhide it's probably "dist-190" export distvercomp="dist-091" # product was supposed to be Vision GNU/Linux, but releasestr + Disk no. # does not fit in the maximum alowable length for the CD labels, so I added shortproduct # +should be "Fedora Core" export product="Vision GNU/Linux" # +probably "FC/1" export shortproduct="Vision" # The directory which contains RPMS and base subdirectories # +should be Fedora for rawhide/yarrow export productpath="Vision" # The architecture we're building for export arch="i386" # The whole release's string export releasestr="$product $distver ($distname)" # Some options we're gonna pass to mkisofs export mkisofsopts='-r -N -L -d -D -J' # The CD-Building date export today="$(date '+%d %b %Y')" ################################### # Clean-ing up any previous build # ################################### rm -rf ./i386-disc[1..6] rm -f ./$distname-$arch-disc[1..6].iso rm -f ./$distname-$arch-dvd.iso ################################### # Regenerate the headers # ################################### echo "Generating headers for yum" cd $arch; yum-arch . > /dev/null; cd ..; yum-arch . > /dev/null; cd SRPMS; yum-arch . > /dev/null; ################################### # Rebuilding The installer # ################################### echo "Generating HDList File" genhdlist --withnumbers --productpath $productpath $BASEDIR/$arch echo "Ordering Packages for Instalation" pkgorder $BASEDIR/$arch $arch $productpath > $BASEDIR/pkgorder-$arch.txt echo "Building The Installer" buildinstall --comp $distvercomp --pkgorder $BASEDIR/pkgorder-$arch.txt \ --version $distver --product "$product" \ --release "$releasestr" \ --prodpath $productpath $BASEDIR/$arch echo "Splitting the tree into CD's" splittree.py --arch=$arch --total-discs=6 --bin-discs=3 --src-discs=3 \ --release-string="$releasestr" --pkgorderfile=$BASEDIR/pkgorder-$arch.txt \ --distdir=$BASEDIR/$arch --srcdir=$BASEDIR/SRPMS \ --productpath=$productpath > /dev/null echo "Generating New HDList for the CD's" genhdlist --withnumbers --productpath $productpath \ --fileorder $BASEDIR/pkgorder-$arch.txt \ $BASEDIR/$arch-disc[1..3]> /dev/null ################################### # Start the CD-BUILDING PROCESS # ################################### # BIG FAT # # !!!WARNING!!! # # This CD-generation script isn't # # portable yet! I Need more info # # on makeing bootable CD's for # # other architectures # # I'm pretty sure that this # # DOES NOT # # apply for SPARC & PPC # ################################### # Make the 1'st CD's (the bootable one) iso echo "Generating the iso of the first CD" mkisofs $mkisofsopts \ -V "$shortproduct $arch" \ -A "$shortproduct $arch" \ -P "$publisher" \ -p "$publisher" \ -b "$bootimg" \ -c "$bootcat" \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -x lost+found \ -o $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-disc1.iso \ $BASEDIR/$arch-disc1 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null echo "Implanting it's md5 sum" /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-disc1.iso #Make the isos for the rest of the CD's (not bootable) for i in 2 3 4 5 6; do echo "Generating the iso for cd no. $i" mkisofs $mkisofsopts \ -V "$shortproduct $arch" \ -A "$shortproduct $arch" \ -P "$publisher" \ -p "$publisher" \ -x lost+found \ -o $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-disc${i}.iso \ $BASEDIR/$arch-disc${i} > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; echo "Implanting it's md5 sum" /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-disc${i}.iso; done; ################################### # Now let's generate the DVD iso # ################################### echo "Generating the DVD iso" mkisofs \ $mkisofsopts \ -A "$shortproduct $arch" \ -V "$shortproduct $arch" \ -P "$publisher" \ -p "$publisher" \ -b "$bootimg" \ -c "$bootcat" \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -x lost+found \ -o $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-dvd.iso \ $BASEDIR/$arch > /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo "Implanting it's md5 sum" /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 $BASEDIR/"$distname"-$arch-dvd.iso;
