On Thu 06 Dec 2018 at 07:00:43 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm setting up a machine dedicated to *experimenting* with Debian installs > using the content of purchased sets of DVDs. > > The project's goals include creating: > 1. a preseed.cfg implementing *my* idea of a "minimal" install
Should be no problem; you have done this in the past. . > 2. suitable meta-packages(ww?) for above. Sorry, I don't know what you mean here. What is ww? > The project's constraints/assumptions include: > 1. doing repeated scratch installs w/o internet. Again - no problem with achieving this. > 2. the DVDs' content will be decompressed and stored on a > dedicated partition Does the content have to be on a hard disk or could it go on the flash drive? > My tentative procedure will be: > 1. copy DVD1 to a flash drive with dd. > 2. copy custom preseed.cfg to that flash drive. You'll need a partition to put it on. The dd process might create a suitable one. > 3. use that flash drive for each trial install. Booting into DVD1 will be no problem. How will the preseed file get to be read? > 4. create a script to install packages not on DVD1. Not sure about how easy getting a workable script is. > *MY QUESTIONS* > > 1. Any problems with above? Multiple, probably. There always are when trailblazing. > 2. Content of the Nth DVD of DVD set Q will be stored at > /media/richard/DVDsets/setQ/dvdN . Does the content of the other DVDs have to be on a hard disk or could it go on the flash drive? > Is this the correct content for sources.list ?> > > deb file:/media/richard/DVDsets/setQ/dvd1 stable main contrib deb > > file:/media/richard/DVDsets/setQ/dvd2 stable main contrib > > . > > . > > . deb file:/media/richard/DVDsets/setQ/dvdN stable main contrib Pass. -- Brian.
