Hello, thank you very much for your attention!
> The debian-boot list is more appropriate for this question. Please reply to > that list and not to debian-cd. Well, I have the same problem with the documentation. I want to create a customized debian install cd, but to reach that, I guess, I have to "hack" the d-i, create preseed lists and customize the cd-image. My problem is, that parts of existing docs is outdated with broken links and I miss the view, where and how all things play together. I just discovered babelbox - may be that could help me in understanding things. > There are several ways to get info about hardware: > - files in /sys or /proc > - utilities like lspci, lsusb, dmidecode (not all available in D-I) I see. So I have to do the detection on myself and add the tools I need for that to the installer? > base-installer is in most cases not the best place to install extra > packages. Doing that in pkgsel is preferred. Yes, I agree for extra packages. But I want to strip down the base-system (install a smaller image, use busybox with its targets, ... ) > There are quite a lot of methods you could use to make D-I install extra > packages. What method is best depends. A lot can be done using preseeding > (run a script in preseed-early and have that drop custom hook scripts in > various places for example), but creating a custom udeb is also an option. Ok, let me explain what I want with a (quite senseless) sample: Imagine, I would like to determine the type of desktop system based on the type of network-hardware found in the system and the user-question, whether he likes to use dhcp. So I need to check the hardware (i.e. lspci) and do a user-question. The result of both lead to a preseed-list and a path through the rest of the installation (pkgsel, ...) I think, from what I read, that I understand the single steps like packagelist, hw-detection in a trigger and user-question - but I don't understand yet, how all parts play together. And so - I beg your pardon - I don't know, whether my problem could be solved by debian-cd list or by the debian-boot list. kind regards Geronimo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
