On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Stephan Wiesand wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 
> > The Scientific Linux developers are pleased to announce our "Very Alpha 
> > Release" of Scientific Linux 5.0
> 
> This looks very promising. Great job.
> 
> Kickstart installation worked. The installation as well as the resulting 
> system seem to behave just like EL5beta2.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > /Client /Server /VT /Workstation /Cluster /ClusterStorage
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > TUVv5b2 consists of 2 cd sets,  Server and Client.  Each cd set has a group 
> > of directories which contain the actual rpms.  On the Client cd this consists 
> > of Client,Workstation and VT.  On the Server cd this consists of Server,VT, 
> > Cluster, ClusterStorage.  The VT directory contains the same rpms on each cd.
> > The Cluster, ClusterStorage and Workstation directories do not have any 
> > common rpms. The Client and Server directories contain many common rpms along 
> > with many unique rpms.  I have combined the 2 cd sets into 1 big tree.  If a 
> > rpm is in multiple directories I have made it via a hard link to save disk 
> > space
> >
> > We are not sure if we will keep this big tree of directories or not.  It has 
> > the advantage as having the same tree structure as RHELv5b2.
> 
> Now why would that be an advantage ;-) Maybe I just don't like it because 
> it's unfamiliar. Still, I don't like it.
> 
> > To install the rpms in /VT /Workstation /Cluster /ClusterStorage you
> > need to enter V for VT and W for Workstation and C for Cluster and S for
> > ClustorStorage at the "key" prompt in the installer.  This is code from
> > TUVv5b2.  It will be changed in our next beta.
> > So to install all of these you would put in
> >
> > VWCS
> >
> > at the "keys" prompt
> 
> Hasn't this changed with beta2 and you now need an "installation number"?

Might be called something different but still have to put in the

VWCS

> 
> NB here's how I do unintended ks installs:
> 
>    key --skip
>    repo --name=SL5 --baseurl=http://.../SL/5rolling/i386/SL/RPMS
>    %packages --resolvedeps
>    @core
>    autofs
>    ...
> 
> Where I've 'cp -al'd all RPMS into  SL/RPMS and ran createrepo there.

See Troy's email about this subject.  My vote is for SL/RPMS . Biggest 
reason is that it is easier for everybody,  for us to build and for users 
to find manually.

-Connie Sieh

 > 
> Cheers,
>  	Stephan
> 
> 
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> Stephan Wiesand
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>    15738 Zeuthen, Germany
>