Re: developing custom installation procedure.

Darshak <[email protected]> Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:59:06 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
ashok wrote:
> Darshak wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I want to make an installation programme like linux askmethod and 
>> give ISO path of any distribution and it should work.
> every distribution has its own set of rules, so if you really want to 
> do something similar you have to check which distro it is and process 
> accordingly.
>> e.g. I can give any ISO path may be red-hat or fedora or any.....
>> How can I do it?
>> How can I stop red-hat to check that this is not proper linux ISO ??????
>>
>> When I install from red-hat with askmethod. and give file name then 
>> it cheks wether its proper CD or not.
Can you please tell me which variable/parameters are that. and how to 
change them.
> What do you mean by Linux ISO? ISO is a standard format for CDs. If 
> you mean "How you stop RedHat to check that this is not proper RedHat 
> install medium then you have to fool arround some 
> variables/parameters  in the installer.
>> Thanxs
>> Darshak
>>
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> If I am not misunderstood your question you want an universal 
> installer, Right?
> In such a case consider making a CD with GRUB for different distros.
> There are other methods too. Consider _Syslinux_* .*
>
> Thanks
> Ashok.