Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:16:07 -0400

https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/seawolf-list/2001-July/008699.html

> Is anyone really familiar with building updated ISOs for Red Hat 7.1?  I've
> noticed a difference and I wanted to see if it's important.
>
> In the past, I've copied over the ISO to the hard drive, removed the
> TRANS.TBL files that were created for the old ISO, checked to make sure the
> 0-byte file .disc1-i386 existed, updated the files, and then ran genhdlist.
> With 7.1, I just looked and saw on the original ISO that the file
> .disc1-i386 is no longer a 0-byte file.  It now has a series of numbers in
> it:
>
>    986787650.21020
>
> Does anyone know what these are, and how they releate to the distribution?
> Further, how do you generate a new set of these numbers for a new image you
> build?

Preserve the existing numbers. Otherwise I'd guess you have to find and change the code that looks for them.

You must also run genhdlist upon the files for both cds at the same time. But you already know that if you made updated Guinness CDs that worked.

> I've built ISOs for prior versions with very few problems.  So far, I've
> been unable to get a good build for the 7.1 ISOs.  Any pointers would be
> greatly appreciated.

Jan Carlson