[rhn-users] Network Installations via RHN Proxy Servers

[MJang]

On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 09:08 -0600, inode0 wrote:
> While I know there is no official support for this, everyone must do
> it or arrange network installs from somewhere else. We maintain
> network install trees for RHEL3, RHEL4, FC5, and FC6 currently and I
> am getting tired of doing an installation and then needing to apply
> hundreds of updates immediately after a fresh install.
> 
> It doesn't seem to me that it would be that difficult to update the
> installation trees as packages are updated so a fresh install will be
> current right after it finishes. 

It sounds like you're looking for a consolidated install repository,
with updates already included, so you can avoid an update cycle.

Getting updated packages might be easier once RHEL5 is released, as
they're moving towards yum updates.

I'm not sure what you need beyond createrepo. The evolving Koan
(Kickstart over a network) tool looks like an interesting future
addition too.

Thanks,
Mike