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11 Creating Operating System Images
– drivers
Contains a comma-separated list of file names. Every file is indi-
cated relative to the directory /lib/modules/ Version /kernel The
names are interpreted as general driver name and captured if they
are contained in the kernel tree.
– locale
Contains a comma-separated list of valid locale names. The image
will only contain support for the given locales. This includes the
glibc part as well as the X11 library. A list of valid locales can be
obtained with the command locale -a
– keytable
Contains the name of the console keymap to use. The name corre-
sponds to a map file stored below the path /usr/share/kbd/keymaps.
Furthermore, the variable KEYTABLE within the file /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
will be set according to the keyboard mapping.
A representation of the config file for the netboot-1.1.7 image description
is shown below as an example:
name:initrd-netboot
size:15M
type:ext2
netdrivers:pcnet32.o,mii.o,natsemi.o,tulip/tulip.o
config.system
Optional configuration script for the image. This script is called at the
end of the installation but before the installation scripts have run. It is
designed to configure the image system, such as the activation or deac-
tivation of certain services (insserv). The call is not made until after the
switch to the image has been made with chroot.
config.cleanup
Optional configuration script for the image. This script is called at the
end of the installation and after all the installation scripts have run. It
is designed to clean-up the image system. Affected are all the programs
and files only needed while the installation scripts are running.
setup
Configuration file indicating which packages make up the image and
which RPM options must be used to install them. Each package can also
be accompanied by a specific version of the package here. The structure
of the file is as follows:
Package Basename : RPM Option : Package Version
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