Re: making bootable CD iso images ?

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> what packages would a brand-new debian machine (potato)
> require in order to create ISO images for burning onto CD
> that would make the cd bootable?
>
> it'd be nice to have a bootable CD with maybe a few variable
> settings files pulled off floppy. is this feasible? how?

I may be misunderstanding you, but if you can download an entire ISO
image (assuming you have, or have access to, a fast connection) and can
burn CDs, you may be interested in starting at this page:
http://cdimage.debian.org/

The ISO images *are* bootable.

Regards
Hall Stevenson