how to jigdo download a fedora 8 re-spin in one easy step?

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> David Boles wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>> David Boles wrote:
>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>>>>>    I and rday are going to write a help file using this jigdo
>>>>>>>> method to
>>>>>>>> make your own respin of any Fedora version. But I have problems.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Rday says you need to mount the F8 DVD on /mnt/. On my computer it
>>>>>>>> automatically mounts on /media/. I fix that in a root terminal by
>>>>>>>> #umount name-of-DVD and it works fine.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    My problem is I can't find the proper things to mount the DVD to
>>>>>>>> /mnt/. I thought I could find the right things in /etc/fstab but they
>>>>>>>> are not listed there any more :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Does anyone know how to do the mount function on a DVD?
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>>>>> Karl,
>>>>>
>>>>> this should help you with your project.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Using Jigdo to Download Re-Spin ISOs
>>>>> http://fedorasolved.org/post-install-solutions/jigdo/
>>>>>
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>>>>>    Sorry it does not help. Jigsaw seems to want a url and when I give it
>>>>> a /media/name/packages/ it says Not a proper URL. Perhaps I need to add
>>>>> some "" but really I need a way to mount the DVD.
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>>>>> Karl
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>>>>>           
>> If you are looking at what I *think* that you are looking at here the
>> URL is:
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>> http://jigdo.fedoraunity.org/templates/20071218/Fedora-Unity-20071218-8.jigdo
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>> As for the dvd - does it not mount when you put it in the drive? If not
>> mount it yourself. The answer to one of the other questions asked is the
>> path to the dvd.
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>>>    The DVD is mounted to /media/ automatic upon putting the DVD in the
>>> reader.
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>>> Now the http you show is a real hodge-podge of stuff and I have no idea
>>> how that will help me. But I will try it.
>>>       
>>> As for writing instructions for this task, I first must be able to DO it
>>> :-)
>>>       
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> The URL is the link to the jigdo file download templates. The script
> that runs needs those files because they contain the iso template, the
> paths data for the new files, and the 'selection' that lets you tell the
> script what you want to download and create.
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> Good luck.  ;-)
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>   David
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    That is well and good. That web page full of images is interesting. 
How do I write a help section on choosing what to extract from that page?

Karl


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