hey i was trying wat you suggested to the other guy thanks. However i create my pkorder.txt this is the command i use PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/anaconda /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder $PWD/ > pkgorder <div> i use this command in the root directory were the cd is. I see you have something about pointing it to i386, but i dont have any i386 directories i am using the AMD64 RHEL v4. Also i know which packages i want from the installer however i want to know how can i accurately tell which rpms i need on the cd, i have my ks.cfg already this is my kickstart file cat ks.cfg # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. install cdrom lang en_US.UTF-8 langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 keyboard us xconfig --card "ATI Mach64" --videoram 8192 --hsync 31.5-37.9 --vsync 50-70 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16 network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> --netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0"> 255.255.255.0</a> --gateway <a href="http://65.243.100.1">65.243.100.1</a> --nameserver <a href="http://24.244.141.3">24.244.141.3</a>,<a href="http://24.244.141.4">24.244.141.4</a> --hostname dsg11 network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp --hostname dsg11 rootpw --iscrypted $1$bdKsw5wV$zcds9Vi/PrwYj4IZRh072. firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp selinux --disabled authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 timezone America/Nassau bootloader --location=partition # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work clearpart --all --drives=hda,hdc part raid.9 --size=100 --ondisk=hda --asprimary part raid.16 --size=100 --ondisk=hdc --asprimary part raid.13 --size=20480 --ondisk=hdc --asprimary part raid.11 --size=20480 --ondisk=hda --asprimary part raid.14 --size=1024 --ondisk=hdc --asprimary part raid.10 --size=1024 --ondisk=hda --asprimary part raid.15 --size=100 --grow --ondisk=hdc --asprimary part raid.12 --size=100 --grow --ondisk=hda --asprimary raid /boot --fstype ext3 --level=RAID1 raid.9 raid.16 raid swap --fstype swap --level=RAID1 raid.10 raid.14 raid / --fstype ext3 --level=RAID1 raid.11 raid.13 raid /home --fstype ext3 --level=RAID1 raid.12 raid.15 %packages @ mysql @ admin-tools @ editors @ emacs @ text-internet @ dns-server @ dialup @ ftp-server @ web-server @ mail-server @ server-cfg @ development-tools php-mysql kernel mdadm -sendmail-cf mod_auth_mysql postfix mysql-server kernel-devel squirrelmail e2fsprogs %post chkconfig httpd on chkconfig vsftpd on chkconfig mysqld on chkconfig named on chkconfig saslauthd on chkconfig cyrus-imapd on chkconfig cups off chkconfig isdn off chkconfig kudzu off chkconfig pcmcia off chkconfig sendmail off chkconfig postfix on chkconfig nfslock off chkconfig nfs off chkconfig portmap off chkconfig nfslock off chkconfig nfs off chkconfig portmap off chkconfig cyrus-imapd on /etc/init.d/cups stop /etc/init.d/nfslock stop /etc/init.d/nfs stop /etc/init.d/portmap stop /etc/init.d/cyrus-imapd start /etc/init.d/sendmail stop /etc/init.d/postfix start /etc/init.d/httpd start /etc/init.d/mysqld start /etc/init.d/vsftpd start /etc/init.d/named start /etc/init.d/saslauthd start /etc/init.d/cups stop /etc/init.d/nfslock stop /etc/init.d/nfs stop /etc/init.d/portmap stop /etc/init.d/cyrus-imapd start mysqladmin -u root password mysqlpa55 touch /var/spool/cron/root echo "0 3,9,15,21 * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u <a href="http://128.2.136.71"> 128.2.136.71</a>" >> /var/spool/cron/root chmod 600 /var/spool/cron/root /etc/init.d/crond restart </div>