Re: include XEN kernel & tools in CentOS 5.1 kickstart?

[Rudi Ahlers <Rudi SoftDux com>]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> > Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote:
> > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> > >  
> > > > This is a bit above me.
> > > >
> > > > I use SME 7.3  (which is built on CentOS 4.6) as inhouse production
> > > > server, and then I have my (soon to colocate) test server, which
> > > > currently runs CentOS 5.1 64.
> > > > How would I test an rpm on an already running system?
> > > >     
> > >
> > > rpm --test
> > >
> > > and the proposed  for testing dependencies: rpm --justdb --root
> > > /tmp/tempath/ package1, package2
> > >
> > >  
> > > > What I have done till now, is todo a base install, and then create 
> > > > only
> > > > use the files installed (as per /installation.log) in my new CD. 
> > > > There's
> > > > still quite a few programs that I don't need and could probably delete
> > > > them from the CentOS folder on the CD, but I still need to figure out
> > > > how these file are installed. I saw the repodata/comps.xml file, but
> > > > it's LONG, and have a lot of different languages, not some something I
> > > > can take on right now. It's almost easier to run something like "yum
> > > > remove {package-name} from the kickstart file
> > > >     
> > >
> > >     You can put "-package" at %packages
> > >
> > >     In order to have a minimal one just test with "%packages --nobase"
> > > and begin adding packages you find missing on the target system 
> > > (ssh, joe,
> > > etc)
> > >
> > >     Have a look at the --root trick to check all "really" required
> > > files ;)
> > >
> > >     Regards
> > >     Pablo
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > >   
> > Ok, this project didn't work as well as I thought. So, I installed an 
> > "empty" system, without any repositories as well.
> > I'm going to take a new approach, and install xen, kernel-xen 
> > virt-manager & virsh via yum and then use that to build up my rpm 
> > list to work with.
> >
> > So, which repositories do I need on CentOS 5.1 x64 to install xen?
>
> All of that should be in the base repos for pretty much any relatively 
> recent distro.
> Not sure what "without any repositories means".
>
> This isn't CentOS specific but is worth reading:  
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora8VirtQuickStart
>
> --Michael
>
>
>
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Thanx, I'll check out the post.

For some reason /etc/yum.conf is empty:



[root gimbli ~]# more /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=1
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d



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Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

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