On my boxes I install a small Debian stable on its own partition for service and rescue purposes, an alternative to the many live-CD distros.
I've been looking for a Custom Debian Distributions or package list or metapackage which would pull in plenty of CLI-only admin - rescue - network - security tools, a few key servers (file, ssh,, and little more), basic clients for communicating (http, irc, etc etc) many drivers, but no X. I have also tried to lift the package list from existing live-cd distros, but it did not work out - and would have contained distro- specific packages anyway, which is something I'd rather avoid. Does anybody keep such a "pure Debian CLI tools" metapackage or package list or CDD with such a selction of apps? TIA for all the wisdom I will receive! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
