[opensuse-factory] new makeSUSEdvd version to be tested
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Hello Y'all. I sure hope that the gmane stuff will be working 100% soon. Due to the changes in patterns and another tool I will talk about below, I have a new version of makeSUSEdvd to be tested. It is available at http://houghi.org/Fun/makeSUSEdvd.gz First I must thank David Bolt for his time and effort. The main changes are that now both Packman and Guru are added as an option to be added. This will make installation later of certain software easier. I am unsure if I should add those as OPTIONALURLS or as EXTRAURLS. Any feedback on this is welcome The second main change is more technical and was available in versions for 10.1 as well. It will add the pattern 'Personal' to the installation, so that if you use e.g. `makeSUSEdvd -a /usr/src/packages/RPMS` these will be added. Obviously it is easier to just download the DVD. However sometimes you might want to add programs that are not included and still have it all on one CD. If you want to distribute SUSE based DVDs as descibed on http://en.opensuse.org/Making_a_SUSE_based_distribution you can now also remove Novell and SUSE branding with rembrand: http://repos.opensuse.org/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/ (latest version now is 1.1b-7.1) That tool removes all branding, like wallpapers, backgrounds and so on. So if you want to make your own branded DVD that includes e.g. your schools logo and some extra software for your school, you do the following: 1) makeSUSEdvd -i -a /usr/src/packages/RPMS This can be done with CD1-3, CD1-5, CD1-6 or the DVD. It will put a temporary data in /tmp/CD_DIR and add all the RPMs in the (sub-)directories of /usr/src/packages/RPMS 2) run rpm-rembrand on the rpm files in /tmp/CD_DIR with e.g. find and see that all the files are save in e.g. ~/files. 3) Edit all the files in ~/files as you please or leave them blank or whatever 4) run rpm-rembrand and see that the newly made RPMs end up overwriting the files in /tmp/CD_DIR 5) Edit anything else that you need to edit in /tmp/CD_DIR according to http://en.opensuse.org/Making_a_SUSE_based_distribution 6) run `makeSUSEdvd -C` to make the ISO 7) burn and install 8) have fun. I have net yet tested step 3, so all I had were some white icons and wallpapers. There is a ticket open for this: 225146 So please give some feedback on the new makeSUSEdvd, both testing and wether Packman an/or Guru should be default or optional. If you want a DVD that just adds the Packman and Guru URLs, just run makeSUSEdvd over the downloaded DVD you have. Some testing and feedback on rembrand would also be apriciated. Files that were missed or any other ideas would be nice. I think it is awesome that Novell makes this possible. houghi -- "Why was I born with such contemporaries?" -- Oscar Wilde --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Op zaterdag 2 december 2006 18:42, schreef houghi:
Hello Y'all. I sure hope that the gmane stuff will be working 100% soon. [...] houghi
Hi, Tried to contact you few times, spamfilter had caught me i guess... I wanted to thank you for the cute prog, works allright.. (dl the DVD, is sometimes troublesome, still..) So i guess i'll keep using it... The option to put the entrance to the grub failed.. :-( Did you make emprovements for that one too? The option to boot the install from the HDD attracts me the most... I will surely test, and let you know the results.. ;-) -- Have a nice day, M9. it is allways now..(the only time to change) OS: Linux 2.6.18.2-33-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: monkey9@tribal-sfn2 Systeem: openSUSE 10.2 (X86-64) KDE: 3.5.5 "release 45" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:34:05AM +0100, Monkey 9 wrote:
Tried to contact you few times, spamfilter had caught me i guess...
If you use makeSUSEdvd at houghi dot org, it should not enter my filter. The same if you just put makeSUSEdvd in the subject. I looked for your mail, but could not find your adress anywhere, so it was somehow not filterd out.
I wanted to thank you for the cute prog, works allright.. (dl the DVD, is sometimes troublesome, still..) So i guess i'll keep using it...
Thnaks.
The option to put the entrance to the grub failed.. :-( Did you make emprovements for that one too? The option to boot the install from the HDD attracts me the most...
Yes, the grub part is not uop to standard and the output need serious adjustment to make it work. If you do the changes, it does work. All installation I don't do in Parallels are with grub from the HDD. What do you have as an entrance in grub now? -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Hello there
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:42:40 +0100 houghi <houghi@houghi.org> wrote: I have a new version of makeSUSEdvd to be tested. It is available at http://houghi.org/Fun/makeSUSEdvd.gz
First I must thank David Bolt for his time and effort.
1) makeSUSEdvd -i -a /usr/src/packages/RPMS
Some testing and feedback on rembrand would also be apriciated. Files that were missed or any other ideas would be nice. I think it is awesome that Novell makes this possible.
houghi
I just installed a new hard drive in my Thinkpad and used this opportunity to test the new version of your script (VERSION=10.2-0.35) BTW, sorry for shouting but THANK YOU very much! I built a DVD based up RC1 (CD 1-5) plus I added openSUSE-10.2-RC1-Addon-BiArch.iso (i586; noarch). When I installed the makeSUSEdvd-Linux-10.2-0-DVD I selected the following RC1-Addon-BiArch programs: all (5) java-1.5_0 + acroread + flash-player + MainActor-5 After installing I checked and everything was installed - see results below. Thank again - great piece of work. jpearson@T60-0adc:~> rpm -qa | grep java java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update8-18 java-1_5_0-sun-alsa-1.5.0_update8-18 java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_update8-18 java-1_5_0-sun-devel-1.5.0_update8-18 java-1_5_0-sun-jdbc-1.5.0_update8-18 java-1_4_2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-65 jpearson@T60-0adc:~> rpm -qa | grep acroread acroread-7.0.8-21 jpearson@T60-0adc:~> rpm -qa | grep flash-player flash-player-7.0.68.0-15 jpearson@T60-0adc:~> rpm -qa | grep MainActor MainActor-5-5.5.7-41 Regards James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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