Re: How to make a custom installer CD/DVD/BD/USB-stick?
Well maybe if you are lucky the package will allow you to edit an existing template. It should!
On Jul 5, 2013, at 11:40 PM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> Can somebody point me at some docs or packages I could use to create a customized CD/DVD/BD image for installing Debian PowerPC?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to create a 32GB (or larger?) USB memory stick that can be used to do a complete installation of PowerPC Debian (Wheezy right now, but into the future... who knows?) without access to the Internet at install time. E.g. behind a *very* restrictive firewall or a very slow ISP connection.
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>>>>> I know that jigdo templates are provided for BD images that will do the job, but only for AMD64, not for PowerPC, hence the need to roll my own.
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>>>>> And besides, I think it might be fun to learn more about the process.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe my google foo is at a low ebb today: I did my duty as a question-asker -- searching the web for answers before I ask the list -- but came up dry. In any case, a pointer in the right direction would be much appreciated!
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>>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Brian wrote:
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>>>> How about editing the amd64 template?
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>>> That might work if I knew where the template was, and how to use it.
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>>> I've installed simple-cdd and started to read the documentation. Is the configuration file mentioned there the same as the template you are talking about?
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>>> Or is there a different package that I should be looking at...
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> On Jul 5, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Brian wrote:
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>> Well wouldn't documentation for Jigdo template be in Jigdo package?
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> The jigdo template is a lot lower level than I was hoping for. It's kinda like the object code, where I'm looking for the high-level language source code and a compiler to produce the object code from it.
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> It's theoretically possible to edit the jigdo template, and all the binary parts it contains, just as it's theoretically possible to edit the java byte-code for a subroutine that almost does what you want -- but it's much more convenient (and comprehensible) to edit the java source code. What I'm hoping for is that there's something like a compiler that takes a human understandable specification, in the form of list of packages and other configurable components of an installer CD/DVD/BD/etc, and outputs a jigdo template (or such) that implements that specification.
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> I'm hoping that's exactly what simple-cdd is.
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> Enjoy!
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> Rick
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