Re: Custom Debian CD Creation
On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 03:40:11 +0200, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:25:45AM +0200, David Dumortier wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any tool available that will help me create
> > > the custom CD such that I may select the software I want
> > > there, and take care of the dependencies automatically?
> >
> > debian-cd seems to be your friend, I'm actually trying to use it but I've
> > some big problems. To late to explain all ...
> > It seems that with pgi you can make graphicals installations very easy.
> > But configuration of building's cd are very tricky (so I feel).
> >
Thanks David for telling me about the debian-cd package.
I did not know it existed. I installed it, and presently,trying to
figure out how it works. Probably it will need some getting
used to. Once I succeed in making it work, I will start with
the progeny installer. In the meantime, I shall try out Sridhar's
procedure.
> Recently I tried this in a different way.
>
> I started with knoppix and removed many of the packages from and
> installed what I needed. Created the iso and burnt it. Worked fine. Of
> course I did not install the modified cd on any machine, but it should
> work.
>
> The advantage I see in this route is you have a bootable+live cd with
> which we can the h/w for compatibility like X, sound, etc with debian.
>
Thanks.
Yes, that would be a quick way to go about.
If Knoppix can be used as the base, probably so can be done with
the other knoppix derivatives.
A few minutes ago, I was browsing through the linux gazette, and
I found a detailed article on doing what you said in issue87,
by Sunil Thomas.
Regards,
Santanu
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