updates.img

[Tedman Eng]

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>From /usr/share/doc/anaconda/anaconda-release-notes.txt :

    The installer will also use an 'updates.img' file to get patched
source files. This is particularly useful for FTP and HTTP based installs.
When the second stage image is retrieved from the server, a download of
the updates.img is also attempted.  This file must be an ext2 filesystem
image.
It is mounted loopback, then the contents are copied to the ramdisk location
that Python is setup to look at for module updates.  This update image will
also work with all the other installation mechanisms, although the exact
location where it is expected does vary.  The 'install-methods.txt' file
has the details on this.

>From /usr/share/doc/anaconda/install-methods.txt:
 - 'updates.img' is a ext2 filesystem containing the updated python
   sources and modules for anaconda.

CDROM - 'updates.img' file in '/RedHat/base' directory of CD #1 image.
NFS - 'updates.img' file in 'RedHat/base' directory.
FTP/HTTP  - 'updates.img' file in 'RedHat/base' directory.



-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Chuzhoy [mailto:achuzhoy at walla.com]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:50 AM
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Subject: updates.img



Hi all,
while installing fedora4 with kickstart (from NFS or HTTP server) I face
sometimes cases when NIC is unsupported,thus I'm unable to contact the files
on remote server.
I used to solve this with adding the driver to initrd.img.
Lately I was pointed to the file updates.img .
I have no idea where to take updates.img file from or how to create it. All
I know is that it suppose to be placed under "base" directory in
Fedora/RedHat tree.
Can you please guide me?
Thanks in advance.




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