On Friday 21 January 2005 03:24, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 17:36 -0500, Matt Morgan wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:19:58 -0600, David Hoffman > > > > <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:12:43 -0600, John Mahowald <jpmahowald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Rescue mode is a special mode of the installer. It's just isolinux + > > > > anaconda. > > > > > > > > Install anaconda and check out the source, it's in python. > > > > > > What's wrong with downloading the Rescue CD ISO Image and just booting > > > from that? > > > > > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/iso/FC3- > > >i386-rescuecd.iso > > > > Sounds like the OP wants to add to it? I'm guessing he wants extra > > utilities or something. Porbably that's presumptuous of me, but I'll > > go on ... > > > > Maybe I misunderstand the question, but you should be able to download > > the iso, mount it with that loopback trick (I don't remember it, but > > google or search this list's archive for "mount iso image") and edit > > in place if you want to change some files, etc. on it. Then when you > > burn the iso to the CD, it'll have your new files on it. > > That won't work because an ISO filesystem, even when loopback-mounted, > is not writable. You'd have to copy the files out of the ISO filesystem, > do whatever mods you wanted and then make a new ISO and burn it, being > careful to ensure it's still bootable. Yes, this is exactly what you need to do. Once you have the updated files, you can create an updated image with something like: mkisofs -J -R -v -T -o /destination/rescuecd.iso \ -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ -boot-info-table . The is an earlier post which points to http://www.techonthenet.com/linux/fc2_update.htm This tells how to rebuild an entire (updated) distribution which should include an updated rescuecd.iso. However, one question I have (which maybe some anaconda guru could answer) is: Is there is a "short-circuit" way of invoking the anaconda scripts to just produce the rescuecd.iso? -- Gene
