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Re: RedHat

> Well, I've downloaded redhat's install stuff...  I think I have a basic
> idea of how they did what.  The secret lies in cpio.  Unfortunately, the
> installer itself is a C program and no matter how hard I searched, I
> couldn't find the source:(  Guess I gotta go off and read the cpio
> manpages now...

The source is in ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.2/misc/src/install/
It's actually pretty elegant, I've even hacked it carefully to do an install 
without actually booting off floppy... :)

     Erik Walthinsen <omega@seul.org> - SEUL Project system architect
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