Re: Got network console install working
I've dumped files in /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/ that call apt-install to add
extra packages; is this safe?
Sam
"Samuel Liddicott" <sam@liddicott.com> wrote in message news:...
> I've made a root-disk image that runs debian-installer under debian-twin
> (http://linuz.sns.it/~max/twin/); so non-console network installations are
> now possible (i'm doing a sample one on VMWare now)
>
> BUT I still need some help.
> What do I need to do to make sure some extra packages (twin) are installed
> into TARGET during the installation?
> (And modified target inittab to launch final config program under twin)
>
> Currently I can connect to the machine using tshd and pick up the console
> installer; or configure it using boot strings to connect-back to an X
server
> and let me manage the installation from there, however, when the final
> installation is complete and the machine reboots, SSHD or other servers
> won't be installed and I then wont be able to connect to the box to finish
> things off and say, install SSHD or something.
>
> I could also do with some help checking how I made the root image; I
> generally did various:
> dpkg -i blah.deb .
> in the root disk image; for things like twin, gpm, libncurses5, libc-udeb
> until things worked, and then start some looping shell scripts in /etc/rcS
> that keep trying to connect out to the Xserver ready for when networking
> comes up.
>
> Sam
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