It is possible to do something like this through VMware though.
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 17:06, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:40:10PM +0200, Pixel wrote:
> >
> > not really.
>
> :-(
>
> > It should not be *really* hard for a DrakX expert,
>
> Which I certainly am not. I am not even expert enough to understand
> a lot of the obfuscated (no offence intended, I am sure it's efficient
> even if obfuscated -- why does perl5 have to be so obfuscated anway?)
> code in drakx.
>
> > but it's not
> > available.
>
> That is too bad. I was hoping to make a new root filesystem on a new
> LVM LV on my workstation (while I did other stuff :-) that would be a
> nice clean 8.2 install and see if that makes my constant
> Galeon/Mozilla hangs go away. Installing from the CD also means that
> trying to install onto a new root LV will be impossible unless I hack
> the installer again.
>
> > So, do not even try :)
>
> You ruin all the fun Pixel. :-)
>
> > you can have a look at the "oem" script (and the things that go with it) from
> > the rescue.
>
> Which specifically do you mean "the rescue"? One of the ISOs?
>
> > Its purpose is partly this.
>
> OK.
>
> > but anyway, what you want is mainly "rpm --initdb /the_dir ; rpm --root
> > /the_dir -Uvh ...",
>
> Yes, if I knew what all RPMs I needed/wanted to install (without a
> whole lotta iterative attempts). :-) I also want a "more or less"
> standard install to see if the Galeon/Mozilla hangs go away. If I
> just plop a bunch of RPMs into a directory, it's hardly a "Mandrake
> installation".
>
> > DrakX is just doing some more configuration that you can
> > do on your own (?)
>
> Right, again, that I want it to do. I was hoping for a "Mandrake
> installed" system. I will not gain very much credibility with
> reporting things like my Galeon/Mozilla hangs when I don't even go
> through the motions of the installer.
>
> b.
>
> --
> Brian J. Murrell
