> -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Walstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:42 AM > To: linux-fai > Subject: Re: Mechanism for adding custop built packages to fai_root? > > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 03:50:05PM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: > > Currently there no support in make-fai-nfsroot to install > non default > > Debian packages into the nfsroot. You have to install this packages > > using: > > > > dpkg --root=$NFSROOT your-grub-package.deb Yep, that's what I'm doing currently. I always forget to do it after I re-generate the nfsroot though. > > Yep, that would work. Also, if we want to extend FAI a bit, > debootstrap > will allow a "--include=package1,package2" option. Just like we added > the DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE environment variable in the fai.conf file, we > could add a DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE variable. > > With that in mind, you could make a custom debian mirror pool for your > local packages, add that to the sources.list file/variable, and load > your custom package. Where can one find docs on creating a custom mirror pool? ie: the dir layout and control file formats? Thanks, Bruce. > > -- > Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | a.k.a. ^chewie > http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr >
