Re: Installing packages at boot time
AGX <agx@linux.it> writes:
> In risposta a Adam Di Carlo del 13-Dec-1999 alle 17:26'27" -0600 :
> > > Instead of doing this,
> > > is it possible to install the .deb packages at that time
> > > instead of unzipping the big base.tar.gz ?
> >
> > Not really -- it's too much of a wierd situation to create the
> > base.tar.gz. See the boot-floppies source, basedisks.sh to see what I
> > mean.
>
> Sorry to bother you, again.
> Maybe my english is really bad :-)
No worries.
> I have developed my own linux distribution with its own packaging system.
> Now i want to drop all my work and join Debian, i.e. trying to porting
> all the customization that respect the Debian policy.
Great.
> Debian install a base system and when reboot it prompt you for the packages
> to install. Redhat and others, instead, let you choose tha packages to install,
> and install them at boot time, before the first boot.
Yes -- it certainly is. Read on.
> I would like to know if is possibile to develop this things on Debian ?
> i.e.
> if i boot from a floppy and mount my target partition, as example under
> /mnt/target
> can i install a .deb package with
> dpkg --some-option /mnt/target my-preferite-package.deb
> ???
Yes, this is possible. In fact, we use a similar system when *making*
the base system -- that's why I pointed you to the basedisks.sh script
in the boot-floppies package. The option you want is 'dpkg --root'.
However, you don't have to sidestep base installation to do this. Not
installing 'base', in fact, could lead to wierd situations -- for
instance, if you didn't have a shell installed, you couldn't run
postinst scripts (maintainer scripts). Untarring base2_2.tgz into the
right place does all this for you.
In fact, you could have a "no-reboot" system. Here's how:
* boot from rescue/root disks
* install base
* busybox init script can't be sent a certain signal that will make
it chroot (i.e., to /target) and re-exec itself
* install the rest
No reboot at all!
> please, forward this to debian-boot if you feel it appropriate.
Done.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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