Re: custom boot CD

[Ondrej Certik]

 Thanks for sharing.  Do you know the debian-live project?

No, I didn't, thanks for the info. I put that into the links.

 Your CD scripts were interesting since they're very compact (~130
 lines) whereas d-l is much larger (~11k lines).

It's actually only 86 lines, the relevant files are these:

$ cat build create_iso files/fstab files/kernel-img.conf
files/menu.lst files/myboot | wc -l
86


Ondrej


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Re: custom boot CD

[Justin Pryzby]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 01:09:21AM +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I often have problems installing Debian using the official installer,

 What remains is my own custom boot CD, with the newest kernel. Since I
 have already used my code several times by now, I decided to share it
 with you (you'll also find there a wiki how to install using
 Deboostrap and Grub in a very short way):
 
 http://code.google.com/p/debianiso/
Thanks for sharing.  Do you know the debian-live project?

Your CD scripts were interesting since they're very compact (~130
lines) whereas d-l is much larger (~11k lines).

Justin


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custom boot CD

[Ondrej Certik]

Hi,

I often have problems installing Debian using the official installer,
the kernel is too old, so that it either doesn't boot or some drivers
(like ethernet card or cdrom) aren't working -- happens to me always
when installing on a new computer, once two years ago, twice a year
ago and once today and I was always using the newest available
installer.

So I try to install by hand using debootstrap, usually from Knoppix,
if possible. Unforunately, it usually doesn't load on new computers
either.

What remains is my own custom boot CD, with the newest kernel. Since I
have already used my code several times by now, I decided to share it
with you (you'll also find there a wiki how to install using
Deboostrap and Grub in a very short way):

http://code.google.com/p/debianiso/

Maybe some of you will find it useful. I am also interested in any
comments, what you do in similar situations.

Ondrej


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Re: custom boot CD

[Ondrej Certik]

 So I try to install by hand using debootstrap, usually from Knoppix,
 if possible. Unforunately, it usually doesn't load on new computers
 either.

BTW, today, the debootstrap won't even build the base system without
problems (it even tries to install x11-common !). I use pbuilder, that
fortunately works almost always. Note: I am only using unstable.

Ondrej


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