Hi all! I'm making a distribution based on debian-armhf and I need to make this distribution to install over network on devices which are able to boot kernel+initrd image over tftp. Installation process should take packages from our public APT-repository + original debian repository and from local mirrors of this repositories in case of failing internet connection. After installation the devices will pull updates from those repositories.
I'm new to packaging, so I'm looking for some advice. Here is what I'm going to do: - setup (with reprepro) public APT repository with our packages. The packages of this repository belong to some component (lets name it C) - add alternative apt package (with this repo added to sources.list) to C component - setup local mirrors of our own repo and of debian repo - make kernel+initrd image with debian-installer available on local network. Image will be preconfigured to take packages from internet repositories and if this fails use local mirrors. Also packages from C component are configured to have higher priority (as if they are apt-pinned) Is all this achievable (ideally via configuration only, not writing code)? Are there more correct/simple ways of doing this? Are there any common pitfalls with this approach? Sorry, if this is not right mailing-list for this question, Vasily. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cabetfdfi22msynthmr5a_smrw6nt_65ritpqg7tjxgfqmwt...@mail.gmail.com
