Thanks Mark!
On 12/28/16 6:14 AM, Mark Stodola wrote:
> Attached are my scripts that I've used. They weren't written for
> public consumption, so there is no documentation to go along with it.
> I think if you stare at it you will understand, otherwise ask...
>
> The updates/ directory just contains RPMs that are merged in the
> existing repo on the DVD. The nec_mangle just replaces files in
> isolinux/ to give me the boot options I want to launch the correct
> kickstart. The ks/ directory just holds the kickstarts I use. I also
> insert a modified comps.xml to get custom package groups. The pkgorder
> script included was necessary as the stock one I had with SL5 didn't
> behave properly; I don't recall what was wrong.
>
> -Mark
>
>
> On 12/28/2016 04:29 AM, aleksander.baranowski wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for such late answer, but I tried to figured it out on my own (I
>> hate to admit it but I failed :(.). I prefer revisor/pungi way of making
>> iso because, it allow me to make iso from "bare" repo, and it fitted
>> perfectly my pipelines. But because time is short and making not working
>> isos is time consuming I assumed, that change SL5.11 iso might be better
>> way.
>>
>> After a few tries My iso get SIGSEGV after checking(first test in
>> installation process) ISO, or bad context for repodata without
>> checking it.
>>
>> Mark - I would appreciate any help, working script especially :), it
>> might save me a few days of searching/reading/scripting.
>>
>> Oleg - Thanks for your help, I saved our scripts, and in case of further
>> failures I will make it your sane way, i.e. making iso from scratch.
>>
>> All Best,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 12/28/2016 09:08 AM, Oleg Sadov wrote:
>>> You may try to look into our Scientific Linux Cyrillic Edition &
>>> NauLinux scripts machinery, for ex. in this place:
>>>
>>> http://downloads.naulinux.ru/pub/SLCE/5.9/i386/build/scripts/
>>>
>>> For final building we used 'make' utility. Possible make-goals
>>> described in Makefile (but all comments in this file in Russian only).
>>>
>>> 2016-12-28 7:43 GMT+03:00 Bruce Ferrell <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>> 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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