Steve McIntyre writes: > Q. Can we tweak debian-cd to install a full 64-bit CD/system with > *some* 32-bit support included, but not full? > > A. People have asked about this kind of thing multiple times in the > past, but no code yet. debian-cd m-a support is currently designed > to include exactly the same level of packages for all the > architectures on a m-a CD. This could be hacked fairly easily to > fix that - just include the base system and some libraries for > secondary architectures. No time to look at this yet, but a > wishlist bug would help! :-)
I know I asked for this at one point, but I can't seem to find where. In addition, or as an alternative to, custom package lists to optimize the CD, I also had the idea that maybe there could just be a tool that glued together existing images (as long as the total of the image sizes was less than the container size, not a problem with USB thumbdrives). Inefficient use of space, but fast. Back when I asked I wanted this for a CD. I still want it, but now optimized for a 2gb USB thumb drive, and booting: * amd64 install with lots of packages * i386 install with netinst packages (and maybe live images, debirf rescue images, memtest86+, etc) When searching I did find these threads which are all still relevant Subject: netinst, businesscard, and media sizes Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:28:50 -0700 https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2007/04/msg00072.html follow up to above Subject: Re: Bits from the Debian CD team Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:02:04 -0700 https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2008/10/msg00024.html Subject: too many CD ISOs Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:59:35 -0700 https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2007/04/msg00088.html -- Matt Taggart [email protected]
