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=== patch kickstart installation ===
*you need squashfs-tools to do all this.
<pre>
yum install squashfs-tools
</pre>
*add files to the kickstart installation
**example for text-only install using RHEL5 and higher
*from your OS installation, get the file called <tt>minstg2.img</tt>
**to patch the graphical installer, use <tt>stage2.img</tt>!
*prepare
<pre>
HERE=$PWD
mkdir orig
cp minstg2.img orig
</pre>
*patch
**XFS: add <tt>mkfs.xfs </tt> and <tt>fsck.xfs</tt>
**get the xfsprogs rpm from centosplus that provide these
**rename it eg.
<pre>
cp xfsprogs-2.9.4-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs.rpm
</pre>
**then do
<pre>
cd $HERE
mkdir xfsprogs
cd xfsprogs
rpm2cpio ../xfsprogs.rpm |cpio -ivd
mkdir -p ./usr/sbin
cp ./sbin/mkfs.xfs ./usr/sbin
chmod +x ./usr/sbin/mkfs.xfs
cp ./sbin/fsck.xfs ./usr/sbin
chmod +x ./usr/sbin/fsck.xfs
mksquashfs usr/sbin/mkfs.xfs usr/sbin/fsck.xfs ../minstg2.img -all-root -no-fragments
</pre>

*now upload the new minstg2.img to your webserver that hosts the old minst2.img

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Maintenance script: Created page with " === patch kickstart installation === you need squashfs-tools to do all this.
yum install squashfs-tools
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