On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:04:09PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's something meaty and even Linux-related for the list to chew on.
BAN HIM! > Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:09 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CentOS] Problems making custom isolinux.cfg > > I have added a few custom RPM's to my CentOS 5.2 CD, dropped a > kickstart.cfg file in the root of the CD, and now want to change the > isolinux.cfg in the boot.iso so that it will automatically do a kickstart > install when the CD boots up. > > I am using buildinstall to make the ISO. I edited the isolinux.cfg in > /isolinux in my CentOS 5.2 distribution tree off of which I am building my > ISO. > > But after buildinstall runs the isolinux.cfg is changed back! > > Where is it getting the original from? Where should I be changing it to > get my modified isolinux.cfg into my cd? > > Just to get around the isolinux.cfg issue manually I tried booting and at > the prompt I say: > > linux ks=cdrom:/kickstart.cfg > > But it says that it cannot find the kickstart.cfg file. Is it expecting it > in the root of the boot.iso or of the CD? I put it in the root of the CD. > I can mount the CD and see that it is there. I can't figure out how to put > it in the root of the boot.iso (if it even needs to go there) because > apparently that is getting remade by the buildinstall also and I'm not > sure where it is getting the contents from. FWIW, I put my ks.cfg in the isolinux/ directory and call it like: label ks kernel vmlinuz append ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 I do remember having to go through some headaches with the ks.cfg not being seen. Unfortunately, once I discovered the solution, I immediately deleted it from my brain to make room for more problems :-) -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
