include XEN kernel & tools in CentOS 5.1 kickstart?

[Rudi Ahlers]

Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote:
> 	Well, the easiest part would be to create a custom install CD with just
> the packages you need ;-) and then, rerun createrepo to update the
> packages list and do what Mr Dehaan said, listing individual packages at
> %packages instead of the "Virtualization" group
>
> 	If you already have them, you can always put a %post with an rpm -Uvh
> package1.rpm package2.rpm, etc if you don't want to do the createrepo
> stuff
>
> 	Regards
> 	Pablo
>
> 	
>
> El mié, 27-02-2008 a las 17:43 +0200, Rudi Ahlers escribió:
>   
>> Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote:
>>     
>>> 	Have you tried:
>>>
>>> 	@ Virtualization at %packages?
>>>
>>> 	For me, that installs Xen kernel and utils as default for system where
>>> it is installed.
>>>
>>> 	Regards
>>> 	Pablo
>>>
>>> El mié, 27-02-2008 a las 17:36 +0200, Rudi Ahlers escribió:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> 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?
>>>>
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>> I have, but since I only have the 1st CD, it's not on the CD, and I 
>> don't want to download all the other CD's to see on which CD it is. It 
>> comes to a point where it's asking for the 2nd CD.
>>
>> I need a bare minimal install for cPanel, so I didn't even include any 
>> packages
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Rudi Ahlers
>>
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Well, I only started playing with kickstart yesterday And my brain hurts 
by now, but I'm learning a lot :)


How does it work? Do I copy all the rpm's I want to use to the CentOS 
folder, and then run createrepo on that folder?

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Rudi Ahlers
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