[OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer

[Dave Miner]

On 06/ 4/11 01:57 PM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote:
> Thanks ;)
> I followed instructions as here:
> http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/Creating+Distribution+Images
> and it seem to work fine even on dev-il.
> The only problem I see is the repo: creating the iso by downloading all the packages from
> a remote repo sounds very busy.

If you're adjusting package sets a lot, yes, it will be.  But if you're 
doing customizations after the package download stage (which is the 
first one) then you can use the DC's resume from a checkpoint feature to 
avoid redoing that part.

> Sorry for the silly question, but....maybe I should create a clone of the repo once? How?

If you're going to do a lot of builds with DC, you'll likely find this 
helpful.  pkgrecv is the tool to replicate IPS repositories.

> Then...how do I update the repo without recreating from scratch?

Again, pkgrecv.

Dave

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> 4 giugno 2011 14.31.32 CEST
> Oggetto:
> Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer
> Use it under the OI environment.
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> Sat, 6/4/11, Gabriele Bulfon
> wrote:
> From: Gabriele Bulfon
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer
> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana"
> Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 8:08 AM
> Thanx a lot for all the suggestions.
> A last question before starting: should I use it under OI or under a bare IllumOS?
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> Da: Deano
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> Data: 3 giugno 2011 9.07.12 CEST
> Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer
> Yes OI is built with distro-constructor and caimen. If you do manage get
> some experience with it, it would be great to write up your notes on the
> wiki.
> Customizing the installer works, but its currently a bit hidden, so any
> extra info you could add would be appreciated.
> The oi-dev IRC channel and ML will also be able to help you out, as there
> the devs who use it to produce the main OI installers with
> distro-constructor hang out.
> Bye,
> Deano
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriele Bulfon [mailto:
> gbulfon at sonicle.com
> ]
> Sent: 03 June 2011 07:52
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> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer
> Yes, I remember looking at it for OpenSolaris.
> Is it still usable on IllumOS/OI? I remember it didn't work correctly for
> some reasons on IllumOS.
> Is OI built with it?
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> Da: Dave Miner
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> Data: 2 giugno 2011 19.49.11 CEST
> Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building an Installer On 06/ 2/11 07:18
> AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote:
> Hi, don't know if this is a silly question, but I'd like to know if there is
> any chance to have an "installer tool" for bulding a customized installer of
> openindiana that would contain what I need by default, including additional
> software of mine.
> That's what the Distribution Constructor tool is used for.
> Dave
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