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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:39:46 -0500
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Hi Mark,

We use lorax (in SL) to create the install trees and pungi to create the 
media (was in EPEL).

You can host an SL context on the DVD following:
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7/contexts/#_context_directory_structure 


You can also use the attached script to build a DVD.

Pat

On 04/21/2016 01:28 PM, Mark Stodola wrote:
> I'm working on making the jump from SL5 to 7 (skipped over 6).  For 
> SL5 I have a nice shell script that unpacks the official DVD iso, 
> adds/removes a few packages, rebuilds the repo data, tosses in a 
> custom syslinux config and kickstart files, and finally builds a 
> resultant bootable respun iso image.
>
> From a quick search, I found instructions on using revisor for SL6.  I 
> don't see revisor in any of the SL7 repos and don't see updated 
> information on the website.
>
> I see this "Context" idea, but it seems overkill and (possibly) 
> network dependent.  I want everything to end up right on the install 
> DVD for easy off-line installation.  My existing setup has some 
> workarounds and kludges to make it work, and would prefer to attempt 
> to use the modern, accepted method for doing this. Especially for the 
> EFI booting.
>
> Any help or directional pointing is much appreciated.  Pat, is the 
> toolset used to build the official images available somewhere for 
> consumption?
>
> -Mark



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