Re: working with debian cd
Hi:
A quick question: if i download the installer-i386 from debian ftp,
from where i can get the correct udebs?
Paras.
On 3/28/06, Paras pradhan <pradhanparas@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi:
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> On 3/28/06, Daniel Dickinson <alemc.2@bmts.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:58:00 +0545
> > "Paras pradhan" <pradhanparas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > hi:
> > >
> > > - Yes i am doing everything as root.
> > >
> > > - i am not sure if the CONF.sh is ok or no. please have a look at it
> > > once.
> >
> > I gave it a quick once-over. It looked okay to me.
> >
> > > - Regarding the installer. I have build it using
> > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build and copied manaully the
> >
> > I'd recommend against doing this; if you're using the current
> > development version rather than the sarge installer you *will*
> > experience breakage at some point (and it sounds like you already
> > have). Also, you don't really need to; if you download the
> > installer-i386 directory it's got everything you need (unless for some
> > reason you need a custom kernel or are trying to customize d-i).
>
> Yes i need to customize d-i in the long run.. but for now i just want
> to see or install the extra packages i added to my sargecd pool. For
> ex: i have used debian-3.1.. netboot iso and have added xorg and xfce
> packages.. for now i want to install my customized cd and see if after
> installation the xorg and xfce works or no.
>
> >
> > Oh wait; have you downloaded the udebs to go along with the installer
> > and/or copied them to the pool directory? (If you're not trying to
> > customize the installer, the best thing to do is get the udebs from a
> > sarge netinst cd). If you don't have the right udebs for your
> > installer it won't work (the installer-i386 directory
> > is the engine, but to have a complete vehicle you need the udebs).
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> Yes i have copied the udebs along with the installer extracted from
> mini.iso and apt.udeb folder ( in src ) which i got after the
> successful build of d-i. I used the script move-installer-udebs.sh to
> move the udebs to my sargecd pool.
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> >
> > > kernel, initrd and isolinux files to my /sargecd folder.
> >
> > Why?
>
> i guess i need to move the kernel images and other files to my sargecd ..
>
> >
> > > Also i don't
> > > see the symlink inside. It has only 'binary-i386 debian-installer
> >
> > It should be in the installer-i386 directory that you put in your
> > source (for debian-cd purposes) directory, not the output directory.
> >
> > > `/sargecd/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/cdrom/boot.img':
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> I am still confused on this.
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>
> > Can you describe your file tree?
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> I have attached the tree of my sargecd folder.
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> > - --
> > And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early,
> > now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or
> > strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore
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> Thanks a lot for the help you guys are providing me.
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> Paras.
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