bootable CD or diskette for FC3, how can i do it?

[Stuart J. Browne]

> may I know how you did the your custom CD bootable ? but please give me 
> some details of
> HOW-TO like for dummies :)

Umm, this was a while ago at a different company, so this'll be from 
memory.. so please bear with me ;)

... ... ...

FC4 is easier than what I did.. ;)  They provide an ISO image so you can 
burn your own bootable CD.

<cdrom>/images/boot.iso is your friend ;)

If you want to customize it, you should be able to loop-mount it, and make 
modifications.

If you want to fully customize it, the isolinux instructions 
(http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php) will help.

But yea, 'cd /tmp;mkdir boot;mount -oloop boot.iso boot/', remove some of 
the msg files that aren't needed, customize 'isolinux.cfg', throw a 'ks.cfg' 
in to the fray, and away you go.

bkx

> thanks everybody for your time
> Kenneth
>
>>>can i boot form CD 1 of FC3 and when I get the "boot> " wirte :
>>>
>>>boot> linux ks=http://some.server/ks.cfg  ip=1.2.3.4 
>>>netmask=255.255.255.128 gateway=1.2.3.1 dns=1.2.3.2
>>
>>You said you have a DHCP server, why not use it?  anyway..
>>
>>>and after take the CD out, because i suppose that he will take the 
>>>packages that I specified inside the ks.cfg  from the http server?
>>
>>I can't remember if it tries to access the boot media again, but it will 
>>take the packages from the source defined in the ks.cfg file, where ever 
>>it came from, i.e.  I used to use a HTTP ks, with NFS packages.
>>
>>>i have many servers to do the same, so I think i will put everything in 
>>>the http server, with different ks.cfg
>>
>>*nod* good.
>>
>>>do i need to have all of the packages in the same directory?
>>
>>There are two ways.  Yes, one is to put all the packages in the 
>>Fedora/RPMS/ structure (as it appears on the CD's), so all the RPM's end 
>>up in the same directory.  The other involves using ISO files, but that 
>>isn't available for all file-transfer methods.
>>
>>Reading the documentation on setting up a KS server would help:
>>
>>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html 
>>(part 8+9) and 
>>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-begininstall-net.html.
>>
>>>> >4. is it possible to do the kickstart installation with a diskette? if
>>>>yes, how?
>>>>
>>>>It's possible to put the kickstart file on a floppy, but you can't boot
>>>>from one as the install images have grown too large in recent releases.
>>
>>What I did was to create a custom bootable CD with update network and IO 
>>drivers on it for my systems, but I was using dynamically generated ks 
>>configurations, and DHCP in order to automate the entire process.
>>
>>>>An alternative I'd recommend looking into if you'll be doing a lot of
>>>>installs is network booting, where all the configuration can live on the
>>>>server and there's no need to create custom floppies or CDs per host or
>>>>per subnet.
>>
>>bkx
>>
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