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Contains a mandatory list of packages which are included into the image.
More details about the configuration file is shown in the HTML page above.
17.4 Creating Appliances with KIWI
This section describes how to create appliances with KIWI. An appliance is a special
designed operating system for a specific task. For example, you can create an appliance
with the focus on office programs.
17.4.1 Creating a Local Installation Source
All examples in the kiwi-doc packages need a valid installation source to create an
image. Usually the examples connect to a network resource. The higher the network
bandwith, the faster the image creation. If you do not have a fast network or you do not
want to use it, create a local installation resource. Proceed as follows:
1 Collect your installation DVD.
2 Open a shell and become root.
3 Create the directory for your local installation directory. The examples use usu-
4 Mount the medium. Replace the DRIVE placeholder with the respective device
5 Copy all the content of the medium into the installation directory:
To use the local installation source, all you need to do is to enable it in the repository
element:
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ally the path /image/CDs/full-VERSION-ARCH. Replace the placeholders
VERSION and ARCH with the respective values.
(usually dvd, cdrom, etc.):
mount -o loop /dev/DRIVE /mnt
cp -a /mnt/* /images/CDs/full-VERSION-ARCH
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