Re: Debian in 100 MB ?
As was pointed out to me, really helpfully, check out the
"debbootstrap" package - it'll give you a decent starting point,
probably. I used it to build a fake server environment for a vserver setup
- using http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc
On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 07:13:34AM -0500, Peter Billson wrote:
> We are running a router/firewall from a standard Debian distro using
> 111Mb, but this includes keeping a local set of logs so getting to your
> 100Mb mark should be easy.
>
> To duplicate the machine after the first set up either dd to a second
> disk, and change config files, or do a standard install and do a dpkg
> --get-selections '*' > package.list from the master and a dpgk
> --set-selections < package.list on the second, third, etc. machine.
> Finish up with a apt-get dselect-upgrade and you have a second machine
> with all the same packages.
>
> You also could burn the system to a CD and run from there.
>
> I'm curious where your 100Mb goal came from?
>
> Pete
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> Peter.DeSchrijver@netcom-kassel.de wrote:
> >
> > Hi List !
> >
> > I?d like to get a Firewalling LINUX with IPTABLES into 100 MB for use on a
> > couple of ADSL/ISDN/ETH Firewalls.
> > For this I`d like to use a stock debian, install onto a slightly larger
> > partition and (scripted) remove excess software to make the 100 MB image.
> > Advantage for me would be the use of APT on the larger partition to keep
> > the software up to date.
> >
> > Is this the right way to do it ? I could not find a small debian based
> > distro with IPTABLES/DSL/ISDN support...
> >
> > Cu
> > Pete
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