Re: [cobalt-developers] Custom Recovery CD for RaQ4/RaQ3

[Lyle Scheer <lyle.scheer@xxxxxxx>]

Daniel Neuhaus wrote:

> Torsten Ewald wrote on 19.02.2002:
>
> > Hi folks,
> > I want to customize the restore CD, by implementing all packages (i.e. SSH
> > etc.) that are necessary for our needs.
> > Are there any documentations or something like that, where I can get advice
> > ? AFAIK the selected pkg's must be present in the UPDATE directory.
>
> Yes I think you're right but I don't know the difference between the
> UPDATE directory and the PACKAGES-directory.
>
> I tried to build a custom CD last week and changed the ISO from
> pkg.nl.cobalt.com with the shareware-tool "WinISO". I placed the
> latest updates and OpenSSH etc. in the dir
> \NFSROOT_X86\BTO_SYNC\PRODUCTION\3001R_1.84\PACKAGES and changed
> RELEASE_SPEC.3001R so the last lines look like
>
> # These are the patches and updates to install
> %begin Packages
> RaQ4-All-System-0.0.1-7657.pkg
> RaQ4-All-Security-0.0.1-8061.pkg
> RaQ4-en-OSUpdate-1.0-bto-special.pkg
> RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.1-8762.pkg
> RaQ4LE-All-System-0.0.1-9340.pkg
> RaQ4-All-System-1.0.1-9882.pkg
> RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.1-10602.pkg
> RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.1-10749.pkg
> RaQ4-All-Kernel-1.0.1.216C28III.pkg
> RaQ4-en-OSUpdate-2.0.pkg
> RaQ3-RaQ4-OpenSSH-3.0.2p1-1.pkg
> RaQ4-All-CMU-2.27.pkg
> %end Packages
>
> Unfortunately the changed CD does not load on my PC (kernel panic).
> Any tips very appreciated ;-)

Don't update the release spec... put the packages in the updates directory, and
make sure that you name them such that the order you want them installed is the
order you get when you issue an "ls" command (ie, prefix with 01, 02, etc...)

Don't change any other scripts.  Just reburn the CD.

- Lyle