[gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[Greg Shikhman]

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Hi,
 I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but I want to 
cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a minimal cost to me 
:) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the gentoo disk, restart, and run 
a script that changes the root password and implements the correct network 
settings. 
 I was thinking about putting a bash script onto the ISO and have them 
launch it after gentoo boots. Is this a feasible idea? Can anyone offer some 
ideas on how to do it in a better way?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[Benno Schulenberg]

Greg Shikhman wrote:
>  I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but
> I want to cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a
> minimal cost to me :) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the 
> gentoo disk, restart, and run a script

No need for that.  Look at the end of

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml

"6. Installing Gentoo from an existing Linux distribution"

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[Greg Shikhman]

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Unfortunately, I have all space taken up. I would need to ask the colo 
technician to insert a floppy and run the program, which is a bit much...

On 8/18/05, Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Greg Shikhman wrote:
> > I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but
> > I want to cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a
> > minimal cost to me :) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the
> > gentoo disk, restart, and run a script
> 
> No need for that. Look at the end of
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml
> 
> "6. Installing Gentoo from an existing Linux distribution"
> 
> Benno
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[Michael Crute]

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Just a thought... extract the iso to your local hard drive, hack it up 
however you like, repack it and ship it off to your datacenter. As far as I 
know that should do the trick.

-Mike

On 8/18/05, Greg Shikhman <cornmander@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, I have all space taken up. I would need to ask the colo 
> technician to insert a floppy and run the program, which is a bit much...
> 
> On 8/18/05, Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > Greg Shikhman wrote:
> > > I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but
> > > I want to cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a 
> > > minimal cost to me :) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the
> > > gentoo disk, restart, and run a script
> > 
> > No need for that. Look at the end of
> > 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml
> > 
> > "6. Installing Gentoo from an existing Linux distribution"
> > 
> > Benno
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list 
> > 
> > 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

[Nick Rout]

You can build one from scratch using catalyst, just like the big boys at
gentoo-dev do. I have done so, but it was a bit of a PITA, and time
consuming.

Or quicker would be to unpack the compressed filesystem, change the
startup script and make a new iso. You will need to make it bootable
with the right kernel and so forth.


On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:38:44 -0400
Greg Shikhman wrote:

> Unfortunately, I have all space taken up. I would need to ask the colo 
> technician to insert a floppy and run the program, which is a bit much...
> 
> On 8/18/05, Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > Greg Shikhman wrote:
> > > I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but
> > > I want to cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a
> > > minimal cost to me :) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the
> > > gentoo disk, restart, and run a script
> > 
> > No need for that. Look at the end of
> > 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml
> > 
> > "6. Installing Gentoo from an existing Linux distribution"
> > 
> > Benno
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
> >

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