adding packages to RHEL-3up4 for a kickstart install

[redhat at iamafreeman.com]

merging you own rpms into redhats is complicated by the need to get anaconda 
to accept the package signature, you will have to sign them and make your own 
anaconda (unless there is an easier way anyone?)

this is difficult enough that I suspect most (including me) just rpm -Uvh path 
in the post section

running one of the open up2date server (or shelling out for rhn proxy) will 
simplify that

even if they are redhats rpms (say updates) you'll need to create a pkgorder 
file (with pkgorder) and pass that to genhdlist

Neil

On Wednesday 06 Apr 2005 11:11, Aaron Walker wrote:
> I currently have my RHEL3_x86_64 distro copied to /exports/rhel-3.
> I am using sun v20z's. Dual opterons with 4GB RAM.
>
> I can successfully install other boxes using pxe/kickstart.
>
> What I now want to do is to install customised RPMS when doing a
> kiskstart install.
>
> This is what I have done.
>    Created my RPM's and copied them over to /exports/rhel-3/RedHat/RPMS
>    run the genhdlist command
>      /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist /exports/rhel-3
>
> I am then running a kickstart install without any changes to the
> kickstart config file.( this was to see if the changes so far, would
> impact the install)
>
> The install appears to complete successfully. However on the first
> reboot of the new server (aka  the client). Grub fails to find the
> kernel image.
> So I have booted the client up using knoppix .    It appears the
> installation has been completed with the exception of the kernel.  There
> are no kernel modules in /lib and
> /boot is empty except for the grub directory.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
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