Re: howto make my own install cdrom

[Paul <paula4l@access4less.net>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> msck9@mizzou.edu wrote:
>
> > I want to make a bootable cd, not to install debian,but in case of crash
> > I can boot from the CD. Andreas, is your "bootable CD" suitable to do
> > that? Thanks.
> > Ming
>
>
> You mean by "crash" and unusable system?
> Then mondo is your friend: creates a bootable CD from your system, which 
> can be any size.
>
> bootcd is quite limited in size: you have just 650MB, there is no 
> compression and only 1 CD.
>
> Mondo compresses and allows multiple CD's: e.g 1.4GB on just 2 CD's.
>
> Moreover, you can create the backup on a running system.
>
> HTH
> H

My initial question was for installing on another pc .. rather than 
download all the deb's all over again, I wanted to take them and create 
my own install cdrom(s) .. I stumbled upon a package called debian-cd, 
which seems to fit my need.

paul