Thoughts, experiences, ideas...RE: Debian slink CD images
slink_cd-0.6
Thoughts, experiences, ideas
(hopefully constructive feedback)
TREE..........
resc1440.bin ??? not currently in the slink archive!
-- workaround: I used hamm/main/disks-i386
I have not seen a 1440 boot-image in slink as yet.
last time I tried the 1743-image mkisofs complained that the
resc1743.bin was too big.
is this true, or are my fat fingers at fault here;-)
MD5SUMS.........
-many thousands of errors -
I am not sure what is at fault here.
I have a fairly stable mirror, that I use daily
so my first thought is that the mirror is ok. What
exactly does this section do?
PACKAGES...........
Creates main-1 then main-3 (?) is this a typo, or intended?
Finds many errors like:
!! Package ktop has `Section: contrib/x11', but file is in `x11' !!
!! Package metro-motif-bin has `Section: contrib/x11', but file is in `x11'
!!
!! Package metro-motif-demobin has `Section: contrib/x11', but file is in
`x11'
Is this a by-product of "flatten" ?
BOOT........
errors with :
Copying new boot disks into place
cp: /root/boot-floppies/*i386: No such file or directory
Is this your personal workaround to the resc1743.bin problem?
EXTRAS........
ok - good for repackagers
MD5LIST......
ok
IMAGES.......
It made...
656248832 Dec 11 07:50 slink1.raw
715577344 Dec 11 07:55 slink2.raw <<-- a bit heavy here ;-)
471808000 Dec 11 07:59 slink3.raw
684177408 Dec 11 08:03 slink4.raw <<-- a bit heavy here ;-)
561004544 Dec 11 08:07 slink5.raw
Thoughts about Organization of disks.......
*** Single Binary Image ***
The first disk really needs to be stand-alone.
If this is all the user receives, they should be able to build
enough of a system to get going. The rest can be
upgraded from the net.
The only problem here I see is that the /net and /utils directory is
on slink3. I am sure that the organization of what goes on what disk
will be a topic forever....but we should build the first disk so that it
can be "given away" or "widely distributed". It needs to just get
the user up, and it needs enough free space on it to be available
for "custom distributions". ie. if Corel wanted to release their
office products on a Debian base, it would be easier if there was
enough space left on the "base" disk, for their applications. just a
thought.
NON-US.....
I hate this problem.....but there is the reality....
The "official" disks should not include non-US, as one is not
sure where you are gointo ship the disk to. Perhaps it should be
on its own disk.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THOUGHTS......
Actually I like it!
I like the extra's section.
I like the disk#-list idea, it makes changes easy.
Your code is easily read/modified.
Gotta make the first disk as stand-alone as possible.
Gotta put non-US on a separate disk.
These thoughts only reflect on the dis-organization of my mind at present,
and do not reflect my company, or others near by....
Jim Westveer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve McIntyre [mailto:stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 3:28 PM
> To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org
> Cc: Steve McIntyre
> Subject: Debian slink CD images
>
>
>
> I have just released v0.6 of my script to generate CD images for slink.
> See
>
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~stevem/DebianCD/slink_cd_0.6.tar.bz2
Comments and suggestions welcome, as always. I think the default layout
I've got here is reasonabley sensible; what do other people think?
I was looking at using Tom Lees' multiple image selector program on the
CDs, but I'm having problem getting ito work just yet so for now the
options are the same as for hamm: normal image on CD#1 and the Tecra image
on CD#2.
The only thing(s) holding me back from producing copies of these images
onto gold CD now are:
1. broken boot-floppies (dinstall doesn't work here).
2. the libc 6 recompilation needed.
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