> what packages would a brand-new debian machine (potato) > require in order to create ISO images for burning onto CD > that would make the cd bootable? > > it'd be nice to have a bootable CD with maybe a few variable > settings files pulled off floppy. is this feasible? how?
I may be misunderstanding you, but if you can download an entire ISO image (assuming you have, or have access to, a fast connection) and can burn CDs, you may be interested in starting at this page: http://cdimage.debian.org/ The ISO images *are* bootable. Regards Hall Stevenson
