[Revisor-users] problems creating lite f8/gnome install CD and live

[Fred Welland]

Environment
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-fairly seasoned fedora user  (been using since RH 5)
-total noob to revisor
-revisor host is a Dell D820 with recently installed F8  (2.6.23.1-49.fc8)
-yumex'ed up revisor and I have:

revisor-rebrand-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-jigdo-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-delta-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-virt-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-cobbler-2.0.5-9.fc8
revisor-comps-2.0.5-9.fc8

Desired Result
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I want a pretty lite F8 install disc with gnome support.  I'd prefer a 
single CD install.   Installed F8 must be 1GB or less.   Target CPU is a 
PIII.    Only internet stuff (browser(s) and IM)  is required.  Needs 
booth wireless and wired network support.

Problem(s):
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So among, many problems I am working thru; here are the ones that have 
me stopped dead:

--After steping thru several revisor screen, and a long wait on 
'building' screen, I get an error box with a message cut off.   
Something about conflicting files.   I just found a very long message in 
/var/log/revisor.log that I am pretty sure is the message.  It starts with

    "[('file /boot/System.map-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 conflicts between 
attempted installs of kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686 and 
kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i586'"   

What do I do about this error???

-- I get 'SELinux requested but not enabled on the host system.'  
shortly following this message.   My revisor host has SELinux 
disabled.     What can I do to avoid this?   (I don't want SELinux on 
target either).

FWIW:  after the above to message, revisor just stops -- doesn't seem to 
be making any forward progress and never completes  (well, I usually hit 
the 'Quit' button after about 1 hour of waiting.   This pattern has 
happened 3 times....

--(Any general advice on building install/live images with Revisor?   In 
particular small ones?   Dependencies, seem to drag lots of baggage that 
I know I don't need - anyway to avoid this? )

Here are some other areas that I am tripping over (but not show stoppers 
yet):
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-- I get several message like "No Package Matching  ppc64-utils", before 
making my package selections.   These seem harmless, correct?

--Since I've never gotten revisor to succesfully complete I don't know 
if it saves any 'project' like data so I can go in and tweak some 
settings (remove packages, etc) and rebuild the install/live image.   Is 
there a way to do this?


Thanks for anyone's help.




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