On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 05:03:31PM -0500, Derek Wueppelmann wrote: > I've been trying to find out if there is a way to use the debian > installer to create a CD which can be used to install a preselected list > of packages onto different types of systems? Even just modifying the > installer so that it will automatically select a customized task (debian > dummy package) would be good.
Yes; http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s07.html.en should help you out here. Note the link to the commented preseed file example, and search for 'tasksel'. > Can someone point me in the right direction? I've been tyring to fumble > my way around the debian-installer source.. but it's a little confusing, > and I have a feeling running through the makefile to make sense of > things will take quite a while. If you mean the debian-installer source package, that's really just the d-i build system. For actual content you really need to know which package is responsible for the particular bit of the installation you're interested in, which can be something of a bootstrapping problem for those new to the code. Section 6 of the manual above can be helpful. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
