Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 15 Jun 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I've been downloading these files for a test session, and I can't find the > > > base tarball. Where can I find this file? It is normally in the images > > > directories, but I can't find it. > > > > There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been > > superceeded by debootstrap (the package). > > > > FYI, what debootstrap does is simply download (or get from CD) the > > packages in base at runtime. Essentially, it replaces the > > bootdisks.sh script in boot-floppies -- we used to build the base > > system at boot-floppies build time. > > I just looked in dists/woody/main/binary-i386/base, and there are not > enough packages there for a base system. (missing libc among other > important base packages) > > This can't possibly be correct! > > Where do I find a complete set, and how do I set them up?
I don't have an answer for you. The list of packages needed are in debootstrap. File a bug on debootstrap so that it could perhaps download the packages but not build base. You could use that to construct a local mirror. Alternative of course is to buy a gold CD of woody or whatever dist you were working from... Sorry for the inconvenience... but I really think its for the best. Hacking debootstrap to construct a local mirror of base shouldn't be too hard. I can perhaps help make a patch or hack on debootstrap to get this done if you guys really need it and no one else is able to... -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
