create_package_descr -x... doesnt seem to be working... any help? miles On 8/12/05, Miles Harrison wrote:

cheers buddy, giving it a go now!

miles

On 8/11/05, Víctor Fernández Martínez wrote:

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You may copy the contents of all the CDs into a directory and regenerate an ISO to burn to a DVD.

First of all, install the package "autoyast2". If there are directories whose name is "media.2", " media.3" and so on, remove them and leave only " media.1". Now edit media.1/media and change "4" to "1" in the third line. This means the number of CDs or DVDs you're going to have, and since you're going to burn it to one DVD you have to put "1".

Now "cd" to where you've copied all the CDs and run:

create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -l english -l spanish -l french -l german -l czech -l hungarian -l italian

This will regenerate the package description files, making YaST know where the files are. Make sure everything inside the "boot" directory has write permissions. Then generate the iso:

mkisofs -v -V SU100OSS.001 -r -J -l -L -P "SuSE Linux AG" -b "boot/loader/isolinux.bin" -c "boot/loader/boot.cat" -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -graft-points -o ~/openSuSE-10.0-beta1-DVD.iso .

Open K3b and burn it. :)

El Jueves, 11 de Agosto de 2005 20:03, Miles Harrison escribió:

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Hello, is there a way to merge the four setup cd's into one dvd so i dont need to change them, also, that will give me faster transfer rates. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks miles

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:59:18PM -0600, Andreas Girardet wrote:

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milesharrison@gmail.com 08/12/05 1:23 pm >>> create_package_descr - x... doesnt seem to be working...

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any help?

It does not seem to be there anymore ... at least in 9.3 and in openSUSE it seems to be missing. attached from SLES8

create_package_descr is in autoyast2 and that is in ./CD1/suse/noarch/autoyast2-utils-2.11.13-3.noarch.rpm in SUSE 9.3 So not only install autoyast2, but also autoyast2-utils. houghi -- The cow is nothing but a machine with makes grass fit for us people to eat. -- John McNulty

ok, will try again, i have 9.3 btw (and i couldnt find it eiter), but GRUB has just seemed to die so i have to fix that first cheers harrison On 8/12/05, Andreas Girardet wrote:

OIC thanks!

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houghi@houghi.org 08/12/05 2:05 pm >>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:59:18PM - 0600, Andreas Girardet wrote:

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milesharrison@gmail.com 08/12/05 1:23 pm >>> create_package_descr - x... doesnt seem to be working...

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any help?

It does not seem to be there anymore ... at least in 9.3 and in openSUSE it seems to be missing. attached from SLES8

create_package_descr is in autoyast2 and that is in ./CD1/suse/noarch/autoyast2- utils- 2.11.13- 3.noarch.rpm in SUSE 9.3

So not only install autoyast2, but also autoyast2- utils.

houghi --

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El Domingo, 14 de Agosto de 2005 10:46, Sári Gábor escribió:

2005. augusztus 11. 23.44 dátummal Víctor Fernández Martínez ezt írta:

Hi!

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create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -l english -l spanish -l french -l german -l czech -l hungarian -l italian

Try this method, and after loss the HUNGARIAN package description...

:-(

Where stored, the original localized package description?

suse/setup/descr/packages.hu But if you have merged the CDs into one DVD that file is nearly useless unless it is updated by create_package_descr, and that's just what the above command does. BTW, I forgot to mention you have to type "cd suse" before running create_package_descr.

The new DVD iso booting normal.

But the, media check function LOSS the installer...

:-)

What need to know, that media check function is working good?

The media check will obviously don't work because the media was altered. I don't know very well how the media check works but perhaps you might try to update the MD5SUMS. Anyway that shouldn't prevent you from installing without any problem. -- Víctor Fernández Martínez Gabinete de prensa de PoLinux [www.polinux.upv.es]. Usuario de Linux registrado #312284 en http://counter.li.org.

El Domingo, 14 de Agosto de 2005 14:56, Sári Gábor escribió:

The original packages.hu on CD1:

saga:$ head packages.hu

=Ver: 2.0 ##---------------------------------------- =Pkg: 3ddiag 0.726 3 i586 =Sum: SegĂŠdprogram a 3D beĂĄllĂ­tĂĄsok ellenĹrzĂŠsĂŠre +Des: <!-- DT:Rich --> A 3Ddiag segĂ­tsĂŠgĂŠvel ellenĹrizhetjĂźk a 3D beĂĄllĂ­tĂĄsokat.

The new packages.hu, after running create_package_descr:

saga:$ head packages.hu

=Ver: 2.0 ##---------------------------------------- =Pkg: 3ddiag 0.726 3 i586 =Sum: A Tool to Verify the 3D Configuration +Des: With 3Ddiag you can verify the 3D configuration.

I don't know why it happens, it should appear translated. Run "create_package_descr --help" to see if there's some missing option. -- Víctor Fernández Martínez Gabinete de prensa de PoLinux [www.polinux.upv.es]. Usuario de Linux registrado #312284 en http://counter.li.org.

To regenerate the MD5SUM, execute: md5sum <name of file.iso> Let it churn away for a bit and it will generate an MD5SUM. You can then post this in a file where you ISO is downloaded. RP saga@citromail.hu wrote:

2005. augusztus 14. 11.43 dátummal Víctor Fernández Martínez ezt írta:

Hi!

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The media check will obviously don't work because the media was altered. I don't know very well how the media check works but perhaps you might try to update the MD5SUMS. Anyway that shouldn't prevent you from installing without any problem.

How to regenerate the correct md5 checksum?

Found the md5sum the iso files #8373 offset:

md5sum=c3313ac77647e01fe52ac99d5e23bb68

Hello, Am Freitag, 19. August 2005 19:26 schrieb Sári Gábor: [...]

I want to rebuilt media check function the "built-in iso md5sum".

Just have a look at /usr/share/doc/packages/checkmedia/README ;-) Regards, Christian Boltz -- 2.-5.9.2005: Weinfest in Insheim Bei der Landjugend: Liquid, AH-Band und Deafen Goblins Mehr Infos: www.Landjugend-Insheim.de

El Jueves, 11 de Agosto de 2005 23:44, Víctor Fernández Martínez escribió:

mkisofs -v -V SU100OSS.001 -r -J -l -L -P "SuSE Linux AG" -b "boot/loader/isolinux.bin" -c "boot/loader/boot.cat" -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -graft-points -o ~/openSuSE-10.0-beta1-DVD.iso .

I downloaded all the iso files of Beta 2 but when I run mkisofs I get the following error: mkisofs: Missing pathspec. I looked at boot/loader but there is no file named boot.cat. What is the file that I should use for make a bootable DVD? Cheers, Raúl

El Jueves, 18 de Agosto de 2005 14:13, Raúl Moratalla escribió:

I downloaded all the iso files of Beta 2 but when I run mkisofs I get the following error:

mkisofs: Missing pathspec.

I looked at boot/loader but there is no file named boot.cat. What is the file that I should use for make a bootable DVD?

Now that you say it... I don't have that file too. But it doesn't give an error to me. It just creates the DVD with no problem and I can boot with it. I've done it with Suse 9.3 but not with 10.0. Have you tried removing that option? -- Víctor Fernández Martínez Gabinete de prensa de PoLinux [www.polinux.upv.es]. Usuario de Linux registrado #312284 en http://counter.li.org.

On Friday 19 August 2005 02:49, Víctor Fernández Martínez wrote:

Now that you say it... I don't have that file too. But it doesn't give an error to me. It just creates the DVD with no problem and I can boot with it. I've done it with Suse 9.3 but not with 10.0. Have you tried removing that option?

The boot.cat file doesn't really exist on the filesystem, just on the ISO. From the mkisofs docs. -c boot_catalog Specifies the path and filename of the boot catalog to be used when making an "El Torito" bootable CD. The path­ name must be relative to the source path specified to mkisofs. This option is required to make a bootable CD. This file will be inserted into the output tree and not created in the source filesystem, so be sure the speci­ fied filename does not conflict with an existing file, as it will be excluded. Usually a name like "boot.catalog" is chosen. -- Simon Crute IS&T Bracknell Novell UK Ltd

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:44:12PM +0200, Víctor Fernández Martínez wrote:

You may copy the contents of all the CDs into a directory and regenerate an ISO to burn to a DVD.

First of all, install the package "autoyast2". If there are directories whose name is "media.2", "media.3" and so on, remove them and leave only "media.1".

Sorry to ask, but where should I look for this? Should I mount all CD's first?

Now edit media.1/media and change "4" to "1" in the third line. This means the number of CDs or DVDs you're going to have, and since you're going to burn it to one DVD you have to put "1".

Again, wgere should I look for this?

Now "cd" to where you've copied all the CDs and run:

Again, mounted or not?

create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV -l english -l spanish -l french -l german -l czech -l hungarian -l italian

I get extremely small files, but that is probably because I don't have done things correctly above. houghi -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 05:05:22PM +0200, Víctor Fernández Martínez wrote:

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Sorry to ask, but where should I look for this? Should I mount all CD's first?

Yes, mount the ISOs with:

mount -o loop,ro cd1.iso /mnt/iso1

Sorry for wasting your time. I have figured it out in a way I should have done before posting. Just try it first and ask stupid questions later. And even if I was as stupid as I was, I _also_ failed to post the fact I had solved it. <snip>

What's "extremely small files" for you? some bytes, ~1Kb, ~1Mb...? If something went wrong you'll probably get an error message. Perhaps you're not running the command while being in the right directory.

A a third stupidity was for not inclusing the dot at the end. Again sorry for wasting your time. I have the script working, now it just needs tuning. See the thread about this. houghi -- Yes, but every time I try to see things your way, I get a headache.