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Re: Straight to SID...



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On Wednesday 29 October 2003 06:23 am, Tom wrote:
> To install my system, I normally boot off Woody CD, install only the
> minimal/base packages, reboot, upgrade the kernel, reboot, and then
> install the rest of my SID debs I keep on my hard drive.
>
> (1) When booting from the Woody CD, what would happen if I said
> "don't get the base system from the CD" and instead point
> sources.list to my local SID partial mirror, assuming it has a SID
> version of the base.
>
> (2) If (1) works, I suppose it's okay to install an upgraded kernel
> during the "do you want to run tasksel or deselect" phase.
>
> This would reduce my setup times from about 30 minutes to about 20
> minutes.

The new install system works (mostly?) for Sarge, which I have used, 
maybe the same for Sid. I used the Net Install disk for Sarge, it had 
an additional step available which I liked, you could install a new 
kernel early on in the install process. This may be the speedup you are 
looking for.
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/
- -- 
Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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