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After the distro is released, it is common for a group of package updates to accumulate. These packages must be applied to any new installation of the Mandriva Linux Operating System and is sometimes a time consuming step. Wouldn't it be convenient if you could make a new set of install images that included all of the updated packages. This document will show you how to do that.

Contents 1 Background 2 Methods 3 Details 3.1 Update Disk 3.2 Integrated Updates

[edit] Background

Many people prefer to install from an updated CD set, rather than installing and then updating. Here's a couple of methods for doing this.

[edit] Methods

Basically, there are two options.

1. Separate Update Disk: Create a complementary update CD based uppon existing download CDs which only contains the updated package.
2. Integrated Updates: Remaster the download edition including the updates.

[edit] Details

A starting point is the "mkcd -h" command. You can use MakeCD instead to set up library paths etc to point within an ISO image or file tree on local storage (from the top of an ISO tree, that would be "./misc/MakeCD -h").

"mkcd -h" gives you command line option

"mkcd -h installation" gives you the config files installation keyword usage

"mkcd -h installation fixed" gives you the fixed option of the installation command help message (and so on)

the current config file most used options are:

• list
• rpmlist
• disc
• dir
• generic
• installation
• boot
• cdcom
• cp
• rm
• advertising

[edit] Update Disk

Mkcd config file (more or less, may need some tweeking):

NOTE: you need mkcd CVS to to that, I fixed a bug yesterday for this mode -- Warly

     list 1 -k cooker_pubkey_files -k update_pubkey_files
     rpmlist --update -b updates_RPMS_dir
     rpmlist -b 9.2_RPMS

     disc 1 650m 92UPDATE1 "Update CD 1 (x86)" "MandrakeLinux9.2-Update-1" -p Publisher_id
     dir rpms Mandrake/RPMS4
     generic --synthesis rpms 1
     installation -o 50,3,0.1 --synthesis -l fr,it,en,de,es -t WhateverName-download-i586 \
           -i install_path -d 1/rpms -f --update --noprovide hdlist:download_hdlist1_files,\
           Mandrake/RPMS,"Installation1" hdlist:download_hdlist2_files,Mandrake/RPMS2,\
           "Installation2" hdlist:download_hdlist3_files,Mandrake/RPMS3,"Installation3"
     boot --isolinux isolinux -b isolinux/isolinux.bin --first install_path/isolinux -f \
          install_path/images 

[edit] Integrated Updates

Second solution: remaster the CD. Use the config files into the misc dir into repositories. Replace the list line with

     list -k cooker_key_file -k update_key_file 1 cooker_path/misc/download cooker_path_/misc/main
     rpmlist -b update_RPMS/
     rpmlist -b 9.2_RPMS/