Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
DCH wrote: > Dear Mail-List, > thanks for your immediate response! > I got a question regarding those rpm's: Which RPMS's do I have to > recompile/replace with my config files? I checked most of them using > kpackage, but I couldn't find one containing the default Mandrake config > files... Whew !!! Pretty tall order ... Well, not very easy to find _all_ files that may be needed ... I guess that you could start by investigating the "etc" rpm used during install. But, remember that some of these files HAVE TO be altered by the installation process itself: e.g. sound or mouse configuration, and/or network addresses and such, that CANNOT be right in the installation packages, at least not when it comes from Mandrake or Redhat, so that the install process itself will always ask for specific values even if correct values are pre-packaged ...). So, if your aim were to produce a new install cd-rom suited to your own network, then as I see it, this also requires modification of the install script themselves so as not to ask for pre-configured values ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > > > To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or > > write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The > > latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of > > a lot easier. > > > > You are right, of course. My post was just about how to put > replacement files on the CD, not how to integrate them into > the normal install process. But maybe some files needed for > installation, are not in RPM's at all ... > > -- > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 74 Annemasse France > old Linux fan Dear Mail-List, thanks for your immediate response! I got a question regarding those rpm's: Which RPMS's do I have to recompile/replace with my config files? I checked most of them using kpackage, but I couldn't find one containing the default Mandrake config files... David.
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > You are right, of course. My post was just about how to put > replacement files on the CD, not how to integrate them into > the normal install process. But maybe some files needed for > installation, are not in RPM's at all ... > How about just having a separate CD for that sort of thing? John
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or > write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The > latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of > a lot easier. > You are right, of course. My post was just about how to put replacement files on the CD, not how to integrate them into the normal install process. But maybe some files needed for installation, are not in RPM's at all ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
DCH wrote: > > Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > > To manage this: > > 1. mount your CD normally, as a normal iso9660 fs. > > Note. now it's too late, but you _could_ have done it _before_ > > burning anything, by mounting your cd _image_ with the "loopback" > > option. This may be useful later on. > > > > 2. in your CD burning program set the input to both the tree > > in your current CD, and the new files you want to integrate. > > > > 3. generate a new image. You _don't_ have to burn it yet, > > (if you have enough work disk space) you can check it > > by mounting it with "loopback". > > > > 4. when you are satisfied, you can burn it. > > Dear Mail-list! > > Maybe you didn't get my point... > I meant to include my adjusted configuration files in a way > that they are installed intead of the default ones. > For example, there is the file /etc/smb.conf. It contains > only the default values and I would like to have my > smb.conf with my adjusted values placed in the /etc > directory during install. Then I wouldn't have to adjust them > after the installation... > So to speak: Is it possible to have my adjusted config files > (i.e. my current /etc-directory) installed instead of the > ones Mandrake included? > I know it's a difficult task... > Thanks in advance. Well, maybe I wasn't clear enough myself. What I suggested allowed you to do precisely this, but one thing is for sure: it is _not_ possible to "add" your config files _on the same CD_ that you have already burnt ... Like I said, that could have been done by using loopback mount _before_ burning it, now it's too late ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of a lot easier. DCH wrote: > > Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > > > root wrote: > > > After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew > > > Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default > > > configuration files... > > > Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e. > > > isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD? > > > Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install > > > settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way... > > > Any sort of help appreciated! > > > > To manage this: > > 1. mount your CD normally, as a normal iso9660 fs. > > Note. now it's too late, but you _could_ have done it _before_ > > burning anything, by mounting your cd _image_ with the "loopback" > > option. This may be useful later on. > > > > 2. in your CD burning program set the input to both the tree > > in your current CD, and the new files you want to integrate. > > > > 3. generate a new image. You _don't_ have to burn it yet, > > (if you have enough work disk space) you can check it > > by mounting it with "loopback". > > > > 4. when you are satisfied, you can burn it. > > > > -- > > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 74 Annemasse France > > old Linux fan > > Dear Mail-list! > > Maybe you didn't get my point... > I meant to include my adjusted configuration files in a way > that they are installed intead of the default ones. > For example, there is the file /etc/smb.conf. It contains > only the default values and I would like to have my > smb.conf with my adjusted values placed in the /etc > directory during install. Then I wouldn't have to adjust them > after the installation... > So to speak: Is it possible to have my adjusted config files > (i.e. my current /etc-directory) installed instead of the > ones Mandrake included? > I know it's a difficult task... > Thanks in advance. > > David. -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Maybe you didn't get my point... > I meant to include my adjusted configuration files in a way > that they are installed intead of the default ones. > For example, there is the file /etc/smb.conf. It contains > only the default values and I would like to have my > smb.conf with my adjusted values placed in the /etc > directory during install. Then I wouldn't have to adjust them > after the installation... > So to speak: Is it possible to have my adjusted config files > (i.e. my current /etc-directory) installed instead of the > ones Mandrake included? > I know it's a difficult task... > Thanks in advance. > David: I think the list *DID* get your point. The point was that you'd mount your "generic" CD in xcdroast, and using the "add globs" and "remove globs" fields, customize your CD and make a new cd image on your hard drive. THEN, you burn the NEW cd image to another CDROM, this time, it's your CUSTOM setup. John
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > root wrote: > > After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew > > Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default > > configuration files... > > Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e. > > isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD? > > Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install > > settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way... > > Any sort of help appreciated! > > To manage this: > 1. mount your CD normally, as a normal iso9660 fs. > Note. now it's too late, but you _could_ have done it _before_ > burning anything, by mounting your cd _image_ with the "loopback" > option. This may be useful later on. > > 2. in your CD burning program set the input to both the tree > in your current CD, and the new files you want to integrate. > > 3. generate a new image. You _don't_ have to burn it yet, > (if you have enough work disk space) you can check it > by mounting it with "loopback". > > 4. when you are satisfied, you can burn it. > > -- > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 74 Annemasse France > old Linux fan Dear Mail-list! Maybe you didn't get my point... I meant to include my adjusted configuration files in a way that they are installed intead of the default ones. For example, there is the file /etc/smb.conf. It contains only the default values and I would like to have my smb.conf with my adjusted values placed in the /etc directory during install. Then I wouldn't have to adjust them after the installation... So to speak: Is it possible to have my adjusted config files (i.e. my current /etc-directory) installed instead of the ones Mandrake included? I know it's a difficult task... Thanks in advance. David.
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
root wrote: > After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew > Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default > configuration files... > Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e. > isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD? > Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install > settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way... > Any sort of help appreciated! To manage this: 1. mount your CD normally, as a normal iso9660 fs. Note. now it's too late, but you _could_ have done it _before_ burning anything, by mounting your cd _image_ with the "loopback" option. This may be useful later on. 2. in your CD burning program set the input to both the tree in your current CD, and the new files you want to integrate. 3. generate a new image. You _don't_ have to burn it yet, (if you have enough work disk space) you can check it by mounting it with "loopback". 4. when you are satisfied, you can burn it. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
[expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
Dear Mail list! After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default configuration files... Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e. isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD? Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way... Any sort of help appreciated! David. (Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
[expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
Dear Mail list! After a lot of download and adjusting work I finished a homebrew Mandrake-iso, which I burned on CD. But it only contains the default configuration files... Is there a possibility to include my adjusted configuration files (i.e. isdn-files, crontab...) in the installation files on the CD? Ok, I could backup /etc on a disk and then overwrite the install settings, but hopefully there is another, more elegant way... Any sort of help appreciated! David. (Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
