> I am interested in creating predefined selections of packages, similar > to those that appear when you first install Debian (the ones with names > like "scientific workstation", "Games machine", "Network server", > "Developer", "Standard", etc.
I was interested in that too, so I did: * install a fresh debian up to the point packake-select (the one before dselect) runs. * switch with Alt-F2 to another console and login as root. * make a backup-copy of all files & directories (pkgsel, profiles & tasks) to elsewhere. Now you can play around with those files... (Hope it helps) Best regards Juergen Fornoff