include XEN kernel & tools in CentOS 5.1 kickstart?

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm busy creating a custom CentOS installation CD to be used with 
>> cPanel, which basically needs a minimum installation of Linux, but I 
>> would also like to use Xen for VPS' on the server, and thought I 
>> could do both at the same time - automatically install my server to 
>> my needs, and install Xen (without needing to run "yum install xen 
>> kernel-xen virt-manager" every time).
>>
>> So, my question is. How would I add those RPM's to the custom CentOS 
>> CD, and install them, and then setup grub.conf to use the Xen kernel 
>> upon reboot as well?
>>
> All you have to do is add the list of packages you regularly 
> yum-install to your kickstart file:
>
> For your dom0 (host OS):
>
> %packages
> kernel-xen
> xen
> virsh
> koan
> virt-manager
>
> etc...
>
>
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Ah, you said CD, my fault.

In Fedora I'd use Pungi, though since you also mentioned cPanel it would 
be better to set up a network installation environment.   Even if you 
can't PXE, koan has live CD capability to provide the same feature set...

--Michael