Thanks for the detailed info. I had sort of gathered most of it (not the bit
about the default apps list thougth), so now i shall go away and play to my
hearts content !!
Martin.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Updates - making an updated CD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:26 AM
> Subject: [newbie] Updates
>
>
> > There's been a bit of talk of late about ISO images including updates. I
> > just had a browse around the Mandrake site and spotted the instructions
> for
> > getting the Cassini mirror (that's under way now, but that's not why i
> > post).
> >
> > In those instructions, it tells you to get the mirror and then run
> > 'genhdlist /6.1bdir'
> >
> > Using this technique, could i then copy my 6.0 ISO to the hard disk.
> > Overwrite the relevent files wth all the updates, and then update the
> hdlist
> > file and create a new updated ISO image ??
> >
>
> Yes. The program genhdlis is in the /misc directory on the CD. Here is
what
> I have learned:
>
>
> For example, I created a directory named /usr/local/newcd. I then copied
all
> the files from the actual cd to /usr/local/newcd so that I have a
> /usr/local/newcd/Mandrake directory and a /usr/local/newcd/Mandrake/RPMS
> directory and so on. Then cd /usr/local/newcd/MISC and ./genhdlis
> /usr/local/newcd.
>
> First, make certain you delete the older versions of the rpm's after you
> have updated the rpm's. If you have any special rpm's, you could put them
in
> the /APPS directory. You can also delete any unneeded rpm's (like the
> manpages for languages for which you have no need). You should also check
> dependencies for any replacement rpm's.
>
> I also updated the dos utilities (rawrite2, the current RawWrite for
> Windows, some other stuff) and included additional docs that I found
useful.
> Also, I got the most current Lnx4Win files and even took the gui install
> stuff from cooker.
>
> If you want to modify the packages that are installed by default, the list
> is in /Mandrake/BASE/COMPS. For a simple, non-networked desktop computer,
> you could eliminate a lot of stuff. You could also make any special rpm's
a
> part of the base install or any new menu choice you make.
>
> To test your "new" CD, try a hard drive install. If it works, burn
yourself
> a new customized CD.
>
> FWIW, don't try copying and replacing files in Win9x - the CD filenames in
> Win9x are shown in 8.3 format and the capitalization of directory names
can
> change causing scripts to fail to execute.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Hoyt
>
>
