rpmstrap comes with centos3 and centos4 config files. I suggest that you just change the "mirror" locations of these as SL is compatible with centos3 and centos4. There are a few entries that have "centos" in the name that need changing. Just remove the "centos-" part. -Connie Sieh On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, John A. Goebel wrote: > ++ 04/08/05 10:50 -0500 - <Connie Sieh>: > > Hi, > > > And the "core" entry too. > > > > -Connie Sieh > > On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Troy Dawson wrote: > > > > > Marco La Rosa wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone has a list of packages (in the correct > > > > installation order) required to build a minimal, bootable Sci Linux 304 > > > > system? > > > > > > > > I have found a software package called rpmstrap (google rpmstrap) which > > > > works like debootstrap but it requires a package list. > > > > > > > > Thanx in advance, > > > > Marco. > > > > > > A good start would be to look in the comps.xml file and get all the > > > rpm's in the section "base" > > > To be honest, I think you can actually take out some of even the base > > > one's, but I'm not sure which ones. But it's the best place to start. > > > > > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/304/i386/SL/base/comps.xml > > Troy pointed to the 304 version. I just wanted to give you a heads-up if your > thinking about using 40x. Unless the SciLinux developers have changed the > comps.xml list to include tftp client, it's not included in the base or > anywhere else in the list. This will hurt you if you plan to do PXE boot since > the common scheme is to tftp a file, often called 'Kickstart_end', to indicate > the install is done and remove the hex link file so PXE is ignored and the > system boots locally. > > This bit me last night. > > Modifying and rebuilding the list isn't hard though. > > > John > > > > Troy > > > > > ############################################## > # John Goebel <jgoebel(at)slac.stanford.edu> # > # Stanford Linear Accelerator Center # > # 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 # > ############################################ # >