Re: Backup Image for my needs
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:14:06PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:15:11AM -0800, Rob Starling <debian-user@robstarling.org> was heard to say:
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> By disabling auto-installation in step (a), you avoid that: you should
> get only the packages you asked for. That's also why you need to install
> packages in dependency order (and of course install cycles together).
> The one problem I can imagine is if some of the packages you want to
> install conflict with stuff that's installed by default.
I always start with a base-install only (no tasks selected during
install). Then after the first boot, I run aptitide, tell it not to
install recommended automatically, then go down the list and for each
category, mark it Auto, then select manually install for those things
that aptitude proposes to remove which I want, aiming to have as many
things as possible marked 'A'.
Then I do an update and upgrade to get security fixes.
Then I dpkg-reconfigure debconf and set it for low.
Then I dpkg-reconfigure everything.
Then I install things I want right away: mc, lynx, mutt, an MTA, mailx,
anacron, logrotate, nano-tiny (since it sits in /bin), and ssh.
Then I put the list of installed packages from the backup notes in one
VT, with aptitude in the other VT, and start at the top and go down the
list and do about 20 MB at a time (I'm on dialup).
This has worked very well many times. I've never lost any data.
Doug.
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