On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > >> | Are there any clear instructions anywhere > >> | explaining how to get Fedora re-spins with jigdo? > > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Getting_Fedora_respins_with_Jigdo > > > Just a note, in case you miss it, jigdo is an update tool, not a good > > way to pull a whole ISO image. Start with the base ISO and go from > > there, rather than just pulling everything. > > As the OP, I read the instructions above. > I couldn't apply them directly, as I don't have a Fedora DVD - > I have the ISO in an NFS-mounted directory, > and it wasn't entirely clear to me if one could substitute > a hard disk ISO for the CD. > > If this is possible, maybe it is worth adding > a brief explanation to the instructions. you can supply to jigdo an arbitrary number of directory locations where it can go looking for packages. the directory location for a mounted DVD is just the most common one, but you're not limited to that. if you have an ISO image, i imagine you simply need to mount it first -- i don't think you can refer to just the ISO image itself. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================
