Daniel, First of all, thanks very much for your reply and the update to the wiki. It sounds like I need to do more research into the ubuntu process. I was thinking that since their "alternate" installer CD uses d-i that they would create disks the debian way. Speaking of the debian way, It looks to me like the debian-cd process can indeed create an ISO. If you look at the tools directory in debian-cd there is a make_image script that appears to call mkisofs.
I am still thrashing out trying to get debian-cd to work, and am making slow progress. Of course if I get stuck I'll have more questions. ;) Josh Cronemeyer Daniel Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/29/08 08:35 PM To [email protected] cc Josh Cronemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject Re: figuring out do_custom_download.pl Here's what I'm adding to the wiki, you may find it helpful. '''NOTE''' Using a full mirror, or a mostly full mirror is best practice. You should only use a partial mirror if you absolutely must (e.g. due to disk constraints) and realize that it is unsupported. === Create a mirror of the Debian archive for Apt === ==== Option 1: Using debmirror ==== Frans Pop has created a wrapper script for this which is [http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/debmirror/ available from alioth]. A README explains how to use it. This is the preferred approach. -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org No more sea shells: Daniel's Weblog http://cshore.wordpress.com
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