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vli02
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Build from scratch

Post by vli02 » 2017/10/24 23:26:28

I am trying to build CentOS 6 from scratch for my own appliance project.
Can anyone please provide me a procedure for getting the source code including kernel and kind of a minimal set of packages?
Thanks!

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Re: Build from scratch

Post by TrevorH » 2017/10/25 01:33:40

All CentOS 6 source packages are on vault.centos.org
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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Re: Build from scratch

Post by Whoever » 2017/10/25 03:51:34

vli02 wrote:I am trying to build CentOS 6 from scratch for my own appliance project.
Can anyone please provide me a procedure for getting the source code including kernel and kind of a minimal set of packages?
Thanks!

You might want to look at some of the meta-distribution projects or something more tailored to an appliance.

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Re: Build from scratch

Post by TrevorH » 2017/10/25 10:45:10

And building an entire distro that has gone into critical-security-updates-only mode seems unwise.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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