modify proxmox 1.8 iso

[ion-ral]

hi,
I need to change the proxmox 1.8 iso for add the last 2.6.35 kernel and other packages useful for making a series of installations which are ready instead of running every time the installation of missing packages, how can I extract the iso image properly? I noticed after unpacking the iso structure occupies me more than about 600MB compared to 300 ISO, there is a special procedure that can advise me?
thanks in advance

 

[dietmar]

hi,
I need to change the proxmox 1.8 iso for add the last 2.6.35 kernel and other packages useful for making a series of installations which are ready instead of running every time the installation of missing packages, how can I extract the iso image properly? I noticed after unpacking the iso structure occupies me more than about 600MB compared to 300 ISO, there is a special procedure that can advise me?
thanks in advance

compress the files when you generate the iso.

 

[ion-ral]

ah! so here's how to do it ...
I still have a problem, I created the iso compressed with the utility mkzftree, here's my example:

mkzftree --force /host/proxmox-ve_1.8-5754-4 /host/proxmox-ve_1.8-5754-4-compress

Then I created the iso with genisoimage as an example:

genisoimage -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-info-table -V PVE -z -R -o /host/ISO/proxmox-ve_1.8-5754-4.iso /host/proxmox-ve_1.8-5754-4-compress/

but when I try to start it (in virtual), I have left in the boot without going on ...
genisoimage something wrong?

excuse my ignorance but I do not have much experience with creating bootable iso.

thanks

 

[dietmar]

You must not compress the /boot directory on the CD

 

[dietmar]

We use the following command to create the cd:

# mkisofs -R -iso-level 4 -z -V "PVE" -o pve-cd.iso -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table /path/to/cd/content

 

[ion-ral]

We use the following command to create the cd:

# mkisofs -R -iso-level 4 -z -V "PVE" -o pve-cd.iso -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table /path/to/cd/content

I tried to figure out if mkzftree has the ability to exclude the boot folder but I have not found it, so I moved that folder and put it back after compression.
So it works! thank you very much