I've been trying recently to build my own SL 6.4 livecd isos, following the various howtos found all over scientificlinux.org. I use Fedora 18 as my primary OS but I also have SL64 and in neither case have I had any luck making SL isos. I know there is some magic I am missing so I have decided to poll the list looking for the livecd builders.
What is your favorite recipe for building consistent, stable, SL 6 live media? What is your favorite build host, favorite livecd creation tools, favorite kickstart, and most reliable way of creating a build area (chroot or not)? If the team that builds the standard isos is here, may I ask your build method? I would like full methods, not just the, "download this, tweak the kickstart, run livecd-creator." I can find those anywhere and they lack the magic I seek. I have taken a clean SL 6.4 base with almost nothing on it, installed only the barebones necessary according to the howtos, ran livecd-creator, and had it die multiple ways. Usually it is some form of Dracut nonsense or error with a package if I am building from another distro. On the flip side I can crank out F18 spins all day using the documented methods with little trouble at all. The problem is, I prefer using an Enterprise grade build to teach Linux and SL is by far my favorite. Thank you in advance. -- Michael J. Clarkson, Jr. - RHCE, RHCI, RHCX, RHCVA, CCAH GPG: C64364C9 GPG Fingerprint: B216 7173 6CC0 0FF3 0548 B215 3AAD 7CC6 C643 64C9
