[RULE] creating a custom redhat install

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Saturday 15 February 2003 09:18 am, awesome-dave1 at juno.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I've got a laptop that i want to install Redhat8 on. I've got to use a
> serial terminal for said install and unfortunately the machine only has
> USB ports. I have two options, PCMCIA2serial or USB2serial converter.
> What i need to do is make a custom rh8 boot disk, floppy i'd presume,
> so that one of the two above devices works. The USB2serial converter is
> a Belkin f5u103 and the PCMCIA2serial converter which i have on
> tempoary loan is a Socket Communications model. After i make the custom
> bootdisk, which i have heard might require a 2.5 custom kernel, i'd
> like to make my own distribution, where i install only the packages i
> want, and not anything extra. Any pointers?

You have no CDROM, and no PCMCIA slots?

If you can get the network up, the 'slinky' installer is capable of the 
install. I can't help with the network, as I am not at all familiar with 
the hardware you mentioned.

The packages that slinky installs are easily modified, they are read from 
several text files on the second install disk.

If you want to build your own installer using anaconda, there is a good 
howto here:
http://www.linuxworks.com.au/redhat-installer-howto.html

It's likely to be a little more involved than just building a custom boot 
disk.

I also have scripts I use to build updated Red Hat installers. It helps if 
you know a little about anaconda's build process, though. Limited 
documentation, some comments within the scripts. Not really for the faint 
of heart. ;)
http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/hacks/build_distro-v0.3/

If you have specific questions about the build process, I'll do my best to 
answer them.

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