Ahh.. Excellent. Thank you very much. I will give this a try. --ray
-----Original Message----- From: Vagrant Cascadian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:43 PM To: debian-custom@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: linux-image issue On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 01:09:45AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello... I'm attempting to use Simple-CDD to build an iso for a system and Im > running into a problem getting a custom kernel installed. I have it stored in > a > local directory that I am passing to build-simple-cdd via the -local-packages > option and I can build the iso. The problem comes during installation. The iso > fails to 'unpack' the linux-image package, and then the install is effectively > over. It does the whole "will attempt to.... Up to 5 times....' > This leads me to my question... what is the preferred methodology for getting > a > custom kernel package both included in a profile and installed when building a > custom iso via simple-cdd? don't include it in profile/YOURPROFILE.packages, rather include it in profile/YOURPROFILE.downloads, otherwise it will attempt to install too early. you'll probably also want to set in profile/YOURPROFILE.conf: require_optional_packages="true" otherwise, the cd build will not fail if your kernel package is missing. you might need to play with preseeding to get it to automatically select your kernel package. i'm not positive this is still the right question, but maybe in profile/YOURPROFILE.preseed: d-i base-installer/kernel/which-kernel select YOUR_CUSTOM_LINUX_IMAGE live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
