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Re: SGI CD installer and RedHat disc1: two in one

To: "redhat.angus" <redhat.angus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SGI CD installer and RedHat disc1: two in one
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 10:32:22 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <988816831.4045.0.camel@adslgw>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
"redhat.angus" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have mixed SGI CD and RedHat disc1 in one CD.
> It works but I would like to modify the installer to not ask for SGI CD
> (whereas it is the same) thus avoiding one CD swap.
> I just create .disc3-i386 on CD 1 to avoid anaconda to crash and it's
> worked.
> 
> I looked at anaconda-7.1-xfs.patch from src.rpm but i do not have finds
> my happiness.

Look at line 173 in the patched image.py - change

self.currentDisc = 3

to

self.currentDisc = 1

and put .disc1-i386 on your combination CD - that should do it.
 
> Finally, can somebody explain me the use of --fileorder argument to
> genhdlist binary ?

You may not need to use it if you only have 2 discs... basically, you
can pass a modified installation order (just a list of RPMs) into
genhdlist, and that will put the install order in the generated hdlist. 
Otherwise, it will use a default order based on dependencies, and you
may wind up with extra disc swaps.

HTH,

-Eric


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