> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:56 PM > To: Bruce Edge > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Using FAI to build custom Debian install and iso? > > > --- Bruce Edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Depends on what packages you include. > > By default it will grab all packages defined in all > > of your package_config/* files, however you can > > exclude classes from inclusion into the depot that > > it builds. > > My CD image is about 500 Meg. I'm including X, KDE, > > compilers, debuggers, development stuff, many > > editors, basically everything I could think of that > > might be of some use. So that's 500 meg at full > > bloat. > > Hi Bruce, thanks again for the reply. > > I'm currently going through > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~niall/fai/make-fai-bootcd.README > > And there's a reference to /etc/gibraltar-cd/id.txt > but I don't have that directory/file. Maybe I'm > getting ahead of myself and I'll create it further on > down the road, but I've installed all the noted > dependencies in preparation, but even in the Debian > package search page, it didn't come up with anything. > > Am I missing a vital package or just getting overly > excited? > > Thanks again, >
That's part of the mkinitrd-cd package. Which, BTW, is very buggy. I'm sorry I don't have a web site I can dump this stuff onto, but if you like I can mail you my patches for the various components. -Bruce
