RE: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

Thank you all for lots of good advice.  It would appear that Catalyst
is definitely the way to go.  Once I have developed something solid, I
will post my results. 

- Evan

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gianelloni [mailto:wolf31o2@g.o] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:30 AM
To: Nick Rout
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

What you're looking for in catalyst is the runscript.  You will want to
modify the runscript to do what you want.  In my case, I am building
GameCDs, so I have copied the default-runscript.sh to
gamecd-runscript.sh and have made my modifications there.  Then I simply
put the path to gamecd-runscript.sh in my livecd-stage2.spec file and
I'm done.

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 00:10, Nick Rout wrote:
> I have thought about this some more. how about
>
> 1. building a sample system with the packages and settings you want.
>
> 2. create a backup with mondo-rescue
>
> 3. boot the target machines with the mondo boot cd
>
> done.
>
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:51:17 -0700
> <ebrewer@×××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thank you for the links Nick.  I actually have been reviewing
> > these for the last hour or so, but nowhere do I see a component
> > which allows for a series of commands to be run.  Back in January
> > in this post:
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev%40gentoo.org/msg01977.html
> >
> > A suggestion was brought up that it would be nice to have a
> > scriptable component to allow automated installations.  Once again,
> > in reading the given links, I did not see the capability anywhere.
> > Is this something I would need to shoehorn into a build?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > - Evan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick@×××××××.nz]
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:33 PM
> > To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/index.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/reference.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/catalyst-howto.xml
> >
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:52:57 -0700
> > <ebrewer@×××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> > > CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> > > RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> > > definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> > > customization.
> > >
> > > Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> > > point me towards some additional documentation?
> > >
> > > - Evan
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
> >
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Chris Gianelloni
Developer
Games/LiveCD Teams
Gentoo Linux

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