Suse minimal install based on rescue - what to add to rescue to be bootable

From: Robert Rozman (rozman_at_fri.uni-lj.si)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:26:45 +0200

Hi,

I'm trying to make real barebone SuSE installation that I could use for
various purposes - for adding particular applications.

First step to overcome is to add things for partition to be bootable. I
guess rescue system already includes everything else except kernel and maybe
grub.

I've done this:

umount /disks/rescue2
wget ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/pub/SuSE/i386/9.2/boot/rescue
mv rescue rescue.comp
 uncompress -d -S .comp -f rescue
cat rescue > /dev/hda7
mount /disks/rescue2
ls -l /disks/rescue2

Now I get filesystem. /boot directory is empty - I guess that is normal for
Suse. But now I wonder:
- what do I have to add so I can boot into partition (kernel, grub, ...) and
what configuration has to be performed ?
- can I install packages to that partition with rpm? How ?
- how to easily duplicate image to other computers/disks ?

I can post my saga to somewhere if anyone is interested, but don't know
where is appopriate place for this Suse minimal-rescue install story ?

Thanks in advance,

regards,

Rob.

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