On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 13:02 -0500, Eric Ireland wrote:
> In that case, would it be proper to make a copy of the default profile,
> and modify it?  If so, is there any documentation that you could direct
> me to on setting up profiles?

There's exactly 0 documentation on profiles, sorry.

Personally, I would not modify the profile, but rather just use
livecd-stage1.  If all you're looking for is a "stage4" type of deal
where it has packages above and beyond "system", then I would just throw
them in a livecd-stage1 and tar up the "stage" yourself.

> Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 12:36 -0500, Eric Ireland wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I am working on putting together a custom linux solution, and I was
> >>wondering where documentation for stage1/stage2/stage3 spec files are. 
> >>I need to know where I would specify packages to be installed in the
> >>final stage 3.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You cannot.
> >
> >The stages are built entirely based on the profile selected.  You cannot
> >add anything to a stage3 tarball other than what is in the profile's
> >"system" definition.  This is by design.  If you want additional
> >packages, they go in livecd-stage1.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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