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Can't speak for anyone else, but I'd love to get it

On 12/27/2016 06:05 AM, Mark Stodola wrote:
> On 12/27/2016 03:01 AM, aleksander.baranowski wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for procedure of making spin of Scientific Linux 5 (yeah I
>> know that it's quite old). I found that there is such possibility for SL
>> 6 (revisor). Is there any chance of generating custom ISO of SL5 without
>> some complicated/magic scripts (i.e. simple tool)?
>>
>> Bests,
>> Alex
>>
>
> I use a "magic" bash script for doing this, however it isn't very complicated.  There are several guides you can still find online for doing respins before revisor and other 
> tools existed.
>
> Essentially it makes a copy of the original ISO contents, makes customizations I need (extra RPMs, kickstart files, modified bootloader), rebuilds the repository using createrepo 
> and such, then builds the new ISO and implants the md5.
>
> I can send it if interested.
>
> -Mark
>

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