hi david, On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 05:16:12PM +0100, David Pravec wrote: > We need (re)mastering to be automated. > WHY AUTOMATED? > Able to create 5 different distros > (desktop-kde, desktop-gnome, term-and-proxy-server, admin, desktop-games) > in very easy way, with czech, english and polish language defaults > (which is 5*3 iso images) without any work in 15*30 minutes=7.5 hours. > run a script, go to bed and in the morning..... > 15 different iso images created and ready for distribution! > THIS WOULD SAVE LOTS OF WORK, especially for KK ;) that's the idea of what we're trying to do. currently we're focusing on a different aspect though (seeing what really needs to be specific to knoppix and what can be replaced by or added to packages in debian) > if you like this idea, but not my conf.files or scripts, please tell me > where the problem is, propose/write better, but please cooperate, if you can! > Do not let us split efforts and user bases much. > I am open to being merged in another project - project name or leader is > not important - important is COMMON platform and COOPERATION. i'll take a look at what you've done. andreas tille and i and a few others are currently trying to do this (but we'd been more focusing on the knoppix-specific packages and if/how they could be integrated into debian proper) if your scripts work pretty well, i propose as a next step to set up an apt-repository (i'll volunteer the space/bandwidth for this for the time being), and place all the knoppix-specific packages in there. that way, while we're busy sorting out what needs to be knoppix-specific (patched) and what can be replaced by something in debian-proper, work can still get done on other things... > I am really concerned about not splitting our efforts, > if there is possibility to do it together ;-) a good concern. have you read back in the past couple week's worth of the mailing list? if you haven't i highly recommend that you do. > * knx-chroot Remaster > entering Remaster (mounting, chrooting...) > [ done ] > * knx-chroot Remaster command [; command] > running 'command; command; command | command' inside Remaster > example: > knx-chroot myremaster apt-get update; apt-get install gkrellm > [ done ] how are these different from a normal chroot? > * knx-makeiso Remaster > script to make iso > [ working on it now - had a few days break ] just to give you warning, the metadistros folks have scripts that do this already, and we're waiting on a translated version. > * knx-get-from-orig Remaster > script to extract files from Knoppix CD, > iso or KNOPPIX compressed file > [ needs some work, now working with > files extracted from knoppix compr. file ] this could be useful. also, being able to list the files would be nice too. > now what should come: > * script to build minimal set of files forming basic REMASTER > from the scratch, > somethig like knx-debootstrap > **I NEED HELP** this should be trivial, i wouldn't worry about it. just deboostrap sid targetdir echo $debian_knoppix_repository_location > targetdir/etc/apt/sources.list (maybe some other default repos too) chroot targetdir apt-get update chroot targetdir apt-get install knoppix-base (knoppix-base would be a metapackage Depending on all knoppix-specific packages) > PLEASE > -- anyone willing to help me with this? > -- or try my set of scripts, test them (in few days...)? i'll take a look at them and let you know sean
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