Re: Making netinst CDs Not Suck
Le Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:05:44AM +0000, Alastair McKinstry écrivait:
> > I don't know how to fix 2, but one idea I had for fixing 1 was to have
> > overrides in the netinst CD building, so ethdetect and friends would be
> > normally optional, but when put on a netinst CD, they'd be overridden to
> > standard. buxy, however, didn't really like this and suggested a file on
> > the CD-ROM with a list of packages to be installed automatically.
>
> Why didn't buxy like it?
Because "overrides" are not supposed to change for each CD. An override
file is distribued in /project/indices/ on the FTP server and it's used
for all the CD set (normal, netinst, business card). Furthermore it's
not meant to change depending on the architecture (like you suggest for
the keymaps).
So we'd better find something more general that resolve this problem
instead of hacking something on top of standard package priority.
I suggested that we put one more file in <cdrom>/.disk/ that would tell
which scenario is best adapted for this CD (netinstall, CDROM install,
...). But the question is how to make that interact with d-i. Given the
infrastructure it's not easy.
I said that we might need to extend the concept of "retrievers" so that
they are also able to retrieve some information like those "scenario
hints" ...
Now it's up to you to see what's best.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com
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