RE: [Rule-list] Tool for building/booting distirbutions

[Taylor, ForrestX]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James [mailto:address@hidden
> > 
> > Devon,
> >    Don't know if this will help or hinder but I ran across a 
> > tool called gbootroot.  It seems to allow you to create 
> > distro's and then test through a gui.  This may not be of any 
> > help.  But just in case I'm including the link.
> > 
> > http://gbootroot.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> > James
> 
> You can also use anaconda to test it if you export the 
> directory (and use
> the netstg image):
> anaconda --test -m nfs:/path/to/nfs/export
> 
> Forrest

Oops--forgot to add the option 'mem=' line.  To do this I take the total RAM
on the system in KB (from the output of the `free` command), and subtract
the amount of RAM that I want to use from it, and then use the --overhead
option.

E.g.

free shows 126236 total RAM (128 MB).  I want to use 12 MB:
126236
-12000
------
114236

Thus I would use
anaconda -t -m nfs:/path/to/install/i386 --overhead 114236

Forrest