"Craig Coles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see from the contents of the Boot-Floppies package that you are the > Team Coordinator
Actually I'm not anymore. Please ask stuff like this to the debian-boot list, CC'd here, not me personally. > I am trying to install the package from source (apt-get source > boot-floppies) because I have been unable to locate the package in the > regular package list. I am running my installation out of unstable. I see it there fine. 'apt-get source boot-floppies' works for me. > I am having a lot of trouble trying to build the package (debian/rules > binary) with a lot of dependency problems. Did you read the README? Did you do 'make check' ? > One question is that I noticed that boot-floppies is about at its > end-of-life and will be replaced with debian-installer, however, I > couldn't find a debian-installer package. Is boot-floppies still > the package to use? We are no longer actively extending boot-floppies; it is currently maintenance for stable updates only. Debian-installer is supposed to be the installer for Sarge, the next release. At least, last I heard it was. > I want to be able to build the boot floppies then modify the build > process to produce a boot image that will be booted via a PXE > network boot process. I have tested with the 2.88MB rescue.bin > image and it works... however I will need to modify the contents of > the root file system and trim some areas to allow for the files that > I need. I can't really opine whether it's better to use d-i or b-f -- you'd have to be more clear on whether you're just trying to hack this one thing or contribute to the quality of the installer for the next release. > > Does this sound possible with boot-floppies? Sure. > Or is there a doc that > explains how to build the boot/root floppy image that really works? README ? Sorry, brother, that's all there is. > One item I wanted to also ask about, I installed the > install-doc_3.0.23_i386.deb package hoping for docs to help out, but all > that was installed was the four docs in /usr/share/doc/install-doc, and > they don't help. Is this what is supposed to be installed for this > package? Yes, its the INstallation Manual for users installing the package. There are no developer docs nor ever will be, apart form the various README and script comments and such. -- ...Adam Di Carlo...<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.......<URL:http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
