Hi: A quick question: if i download the installer-i386 from debian ftp, from where i can get the correct udebs?
Paras. On 3/28/06, Paras pradhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi: > > > > On 3/28/06, Daniel Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:58:00 +0545 > > "Paras pradhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > hi: > > > > > > - Yes i am doing everything as root. > > > > > > - i am not sure if the CONF.sh is ok or no. please have a look at it > > > once. > > > > I gave it a quick once-over. It looked okay to me. > > > > > - Regarding the installer. I have build it using > > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build and copied manaully the > > > > I'd recommend against doing this; if you're using the current > > development version rather than the sarge installer you *will* > > experience breakage at some point (and it sounds like you already > > have). Also, you don't really need to; if you download the > > installer-i386 directory it's got everything you need (unless for some > > reason you need a custom kernel or are trying to customize d-i). > > Yes i need to customize d-i in the long run.. but for now i just want > to see or install the extra packages i added to my sargecd pool. For > ex: i have used debian-3.1.. netboot iso and have added xorg and xfce > packages.. for now i want to install my customized cd and see if after > installation the xorg and xfce works or no. > > > > > Oh wait; have you downloaded the udebs to go along with the installer > > and/or copied them to the pool directory? (If you're not trying to > > customize the installer, the best thing to do is get the udebs from a > > sarge netinst cd). If you don't have the right udebs for your > > installer it won't work (the installer-i386 directory > > is the engine, but to have a complete vehicle you need the udebs). > > Yes i have copied the udebs along with the installer extracted from > mini.iso and apt.udeb folder ( in src ) which i got after the > successful build of d-i. I used the script move-installer-udebs.sh to > move the udebs to my sargecd pool. > > > > > > > kernel, initrd and isolinux files to my /sargecd folder. > > > > Why? > > i guess i need to move the kernel images and other files to my sargecd .. > > > > > > Also i don't > > > see the symlink inside. It has only 'binary-i386 debian-installer > > > > It should be in the installer-i386 directory that you put in your > > source (for debian-cd purposes) directory, not the output directory. > > > > > `/sargecd/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/cdrom/boot.img': > > > > > I am still confused on this. > > > > Can you describe your file tree? > > I have attached the tree of my sargecd folder. > > > > > > > - -- > > 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 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFEKISfhvWBpdQuHxwRAnjfAJ4hIjlVqnPyvpE5UhAXHJ7OXe071QCfRVeB > > F9pXjOe7q356GjBUrRGdvK0= > > =n2u9 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Thanks a lot for the help you guys are providing me. > > > Paras. > > >
