Hello everybody,I am currently trying to get acquainted with the new d-i. However I can not build it. I have checked out the current version from svn, followed all of the directions from http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build
When I try to "fakeroot make build_netboot_2.6" it fails with: [...after downloading packages...]
Download complete and in download only modeNeeded base-passwd not found (looked in apt.udeb/cache/archives/, debugudebs/)make[5]: *** [stamps/get_udebs-netboot_2.6-stamp] Error 1 make[4]: *** [_build] Error 2 make[3]: *** [build_netboot_2.6] Error 2 make[2]: *** [_build] Error 2 make[1]: *** [build_netboot] Error 2 make: *** [rebuild_netboot] Error 2
I have checked our local debian-repository and the official ones, there is not base-passwd udeb. I am not very sure how to create those udebs. The page http://wiki.debian.org/udeb is rather non-informative.
this is my source.list.udeb:
deb copy:/home/admin/debian-installer/installer/build/ localudebs/ deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing main deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main/debian-installer
when I remove the second and third line, even more (u)debs are not found. Please give me a hint how to resolve this Problem. I definetly would like to see the building of the debian-installer working
Another question: where can I find the documentation about the initramfs which is used by the debian-installer. I would like to build some customised initial ram disks, but I am not able to find information about where and how the creation thereof is done in the for the debian-installer.
I appreciate your help and ideas. Ah, my system: debian-testing (with a lot of unstable), gcc-4.0, kernel 2.6.15 (custom with serial-ata powermanagement patch)
Thanks in advance, udo.