how to install a custom XEN kernel & rpm's from kickstart?

[Rainer Duffner]

Rudi Ahlers schrieb:
> Tom Brown wrote:
>>
>>> No, I haven't, cause I don't have oodles of bandwidth to download 
>>> everything on every page from a google search hoping something would 
>>> work. Thanx for the help though
>>>
>>
>> errr you dont have bandwidth to be able to view web pages? reading is 
>> pretty lightweight
>>
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> So, after installing 160MB's worth of package, just to install 
> rpm-build, I still can't rebuild the package
> I'm now updating the whole syste, which will install another 53MB 
> worth of packages. Sadly, google don't have an answer to my problems.
>
>
> [root at temp01 /]# rpmbuild --rebuild xen-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.src.rpm 


You should not run rpmbuild as root (unless xen needs  that - I am not 
sure, I don't use xen).
rpmbuild requires some additional RPMs.

You should really (!) try out all this stuff in some sort of VM.
I assume you have enough (umetered) bandwidth at home/work and only the 
colo-traffic is paid by MB.

Yes, it's wasteful to download a DVD image and we should all use less 
resources to save the planet.
But even on our old 600/500 (kBit/s, not MBit/s) line at the old office, 
the download of a DVD ISO would just take a weekend.

And if even that is an issue, two minutes of searching via Google found 
this:
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/offers/2632237/Linux%3A+CentOS+5.1+DVD+%2B+Free+postage%21/
That's
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=55&from=ZAR&to=EUR&submit=Convert
about 4 Euro and 20 Euro-Cents.
Is your time really worth so little?



cheers,
Rainer