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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Now to learn some new tools...
-Mark
On 04/21/2016 01:39 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> We use lorax (in SL) to create the install trees and pungi to create the
> media (was in EPEL).
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> You can host an SL context on the DVD following:
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7/contexts/#_context_directory_structure
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> 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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