Here's a pointer to something I wrote on the subject a while back. It still
mostly holds true for RH6.1
http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/bootable_cd.html
Graham...
At 11:31 23/11/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Jeff Graves skryf:
> >
> > I don't know if this will work, but I figured I'd throw the idea out
> > there and see what you guys thought. I have a cd-r drive and I
> > downloaded the directory tree of the Redhat 6.0 cd back in May. Since,
> > there's been a bunch of changes. I've updated my hardware since then as
> > well. I now need to reinstall linux on a new drive that i just
> > purchased. However, I'm having trouble with my ATA controller card, and
> > my TNT2 video card. What i was thinking is this:
> >
> > 1)Download the new RPMs of the kernel and the
> > XFree86 and replace them on the cd.
> > 2)Run the install.
> > 3)Everything works great.
> >
> > Now, i don't know if this will work but for someone who has a lot of
> > trouble as soon as he starts recompiling kernels and tries to set
> > options manually, this seems like a viable solution. I don't know if
> > anyone's tried it or if it will work. Maybe there's a project in
> > progress somewhere? If not, maybe we should start one? I think this
> > would be an excellent program for Windows. So every 6 months when I
> > reinstall win98 i don't have to install the original cd, then install
> > second edition updates, then download all the hotfixes and patches. I
> > could just throw in my newly burned cd with all of those fixes already
> > applied and boom, back in business.
> >
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