Re: debian-installer for GNU/kFreeBSD
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 06:00:30PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Very nice!
> >
> > If you plan on making this the official installer, I would strongly
> > advice against replacing the old installer completely untill "netinst"
> > images are provided. With "netboot" or "bussinesscard" builds, install
> > process can break due to external changes in the archive, which seems
> > highly undesireable.
> >
> > OTOH netinst is self-contained, and can even install without a network
> > connection.
> >
>
> That's indeed something wanted, but I don't know how to produce such
> images which already include a set of packages. If someone can help on
> that, that would be appreciated.
I'm afraid I don't have the time, but in case someone's interested, the
debian-cd package/repository is the place to look.
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