Re: Need Reasons for switching to Debian from Redhat
This is what I do for duplication:
1. Get a system the way you want
2. run "dpkg --get-selections > somefile.dselect"
3. Copy somefile.dselect somewhere accessable, possibly CD with
installation media
4. Install a base system
5. Copy somefile.dselect to new system
6. Run: cat somefile.dselect | dpkg --set-selections
7. Run: apt-get dselect-upgrade (or) dselect install
And in a while your system will be a duplicate of the origional system.
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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, John F Davis wrote:
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> Would it be difficult to write an equivalent of redhat kickstart for
> debian?
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> JD
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> Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>@pooh.int> on 07/18/2002 09:57:00 AM
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> Sent by: Kirk Strauser <kirk@pooh.int>
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> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Subject: Re: Need Reasons for switching to Debian from Redhat
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> At 2002-07-18T04:24:48Z, grante@visi.com writes:
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> > apt-get is quite nice. I like _running_ Debian, but it's too bad the
> > initial install is such a nightmare.
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> Personally, I like the Debian installer. Then again, I find the FreeBSD
> installer to be the pinnacle of user-friendly, so I may be a bit unusual
> that way.
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> Still, even if you hate the installer, look at it this way: once it's
> running, you'll probably never have to mess with it again. I've been
> around
> Debian systems that were originally installed years ago, but have been kept
> current through several releases via apt-get. When was the last time you
> saw a RedHat system that hadn't been touched in years?
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