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How to Create an Anaconda Product Image
How to Create an Anaconda Product Image


<pre> dd if=/dev/zero of=product.img bs=1k count=1440
Anaconda supports several ways to load new code at runtime. Passing inst.updates=<url> is one way to do this and is documented on the [[Anaconda/Updates|  updates]] page. Another is to include a product.img in the install tree, inside the <code>/images/</code> directory. It will be applied at runtime and can overwrite any file on the system, just like the updates.img.
mke2fs product.img
mount -o loop product.img /mnt </pre>


* Create a custom install class in /mt - see anaconda/installclasses in the
One use for a product.img is to add a new installclass to Anaconda. A product image for a new installclass can be created from a directory of files like this:
anaconda source
* umount /mnt
* Amend setSteps and setGroupSelection appropriately for your desired customisation


Put product.img in Fedora/base of your disc1.
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mkdir product/run/install/product/pyanaconda/installclasses/
vim product/run/install/product/pyanaconda/installclasses/custom.py
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Create new installclass, see [https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/anaconda.git/tree/pyanaconda/installclasses Anaconda] for examples. Now you can create the product.img:
 
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cd product/
find . | cpio -c -o | pigz -9cv > ../product.img
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Now you can include product.img in the tree, inside <code>/images/</code>.
 
Alternatively you can now use lorax to create product.img as part of the boot.iso creation process. This is supported by lorax-21.27-1 and is documented [https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lorax.git/tree/README.product here] in the Lorax source tree.


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Revision as of 01:34, 6 November 2014

Product image

How to Create an Anaconda Product Image

Anaconda supports several ways to load new code at runtime. Passing inst.updates=<url> is one way to do this and is documented on the updates page. Another is to include a product.img in the install tree, inside the /images/ directory. It will be applied at runtime and can overwrite any file on the system, just like the updates.img.

One use for a product.img is to add a new installclass to Anaconda. A product image for a new installclass can be created from a directory of files like this:

mkdir product/run/install/product/pyanaconda/installclasses/
vim product/run/install/product/pyanaconda/installclasses/custom.py

Create new installclass, see Anaconda for examples. Now you can create the product.img:

cd product/
find . | cpio -c -o | pigz -9cv > ../product.img

Now you can include product.img in the tree, inside /images/.

Alternatively you can now use lorax to create product.img as part of the boot.iso creation process. This is supported by lorax-21.27-1 and is documented here in the Lorax source tree.