Re: d-i Customization
Craig Block <chblockdb@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> udeb_{include,exclude} is meant to be used to instruct d-i to load or
>> not something "by default" but d-i also loads a lot of modules that
>> are standard or required.
>>
>> You can to change the set of d-i modules that're included on the CD
>> changing the files on debian-cd before you make the iso.
>>
> I've pretty much done that already. I run a post-installation script that
> copies over most of the system configuration and handles package installation
> using a partial mirror on hard disk. I don't need d-i to load some of its
> standard udebs like like apt-mirror-setup, pkgsel, netcfg, etc. As you said,
> the exclude_deb file does not provide control over standard or required
> udebs. It would be convenient if it could. If that's not possible, another
> mechanism that could provide single point control over udeb loading would be
> nice. I can make d-i to do what I want with brute force and ignorance, but
> it would be good if there was a better way.
It does exists but you'd need to change the data/etch/udeb_* files
inside of Debian-CD source before making your CD.
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