On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 09:19:41PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > >I'm curious about the process of creating Official iso images. How is it >done? There must be a directory tree that is populated with package >files, some programs that support the installation of a Debian GNU/Linux >system on the HD, another Debian GNU/Linux system that runs from the CD, >and an autoboot program. Are these placed in the image manually, >somehow? Are there scripts that automate some of the process? What >special skills are required? How many individual Debian developers are >considered fully capable of performing this task which seems to me >rather daunting? > >Is there a document in the Debian archives that discusses this?
See the debian-cd package. It contains the Makefiles and scripts needed to generate CD images and makes it (nearly) fool-proof, so long as you have easy access to a mirror. -- Steve McIntyre, Plasmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh My God! They Killed init! You Bastards! "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, "Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I..."