Re: How to use a bleeding-edge ISO CD image?
Christian Perrier wrote:
> OK, now that all translation stuff is nearly over, I want to test d-i
> under VmWare, but I want to use bleeding edge packages, ie those built
> from the CVS and from the unstable branch of the archive.
>
> By going to the build/ directory, I see that I can build a "CD
> image". Indeed, I succeed at building it.
>
>
> But what should I do with the following after this ?
>
> bubulle@mykerinos:~/src/debian/d-i/local/debian-installer/build/dest> ls -l
> total 4048
> -rw-r--r-- 1 bubulle bubulle 2949120 2003-12-22 16:07 cdrom-image.img
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 bubulle bubulle 1682778 2003-12-22 16:07 cdrom-initrd.gz
>
>
> I need an ISO image for booting up VmWare with.....
>
> I suppose that if I need udebs built from the CVS (thus UNRELEASED
> versions), I have to build them manually and then put them in
> build/udebs. Am I wrong ?
You'll a local mirror/local copy/cd image which is complete enough to
install the base system. Basically that's most of the udebs plus the
file list used by debootstrap, plus some things like initrd-tools which
are dragged in by dependencies.
Thiemo
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