I have a 3 cd set of Debian Sarge 3.1 for I386.
I want to create a local apt-mirror to install my systems from using only
the packages on the CD. The systems I am building are very picky about
the
packages that are installed. I do not want any updates as I have
certified
the applications to work with the stuff that comes on the CD's and a
handful
of other packages. I have managed to create a small repository for the
additional deb packages which works fine.
I have also used apt-cdrom and apt-move to create a mirror that works for
the .deb files on the cd.
The problem is that I can not install the os using a minimal boot cd and
then pointing it at my mirror. I can install with CD1 the base image and
then point at my local mirrors to finish the install (stage 2 after the
first reboot).
Ultimately I would like to preseed the installation from a network file
but
my understanding is that does not work unless you do a network install.
The
network install disk works fine with the public mirrors however this will
not work for my environment.
With Redhat you simply mount the cd images and copy them into a directory
(/mirrors/fedora-c5/) and then either export it with NFS or make it
available with apache.
What is the easiest way to make the Debian CD images available on my local
net for installation? I must be missing something...