Design of new debian-cd
Hello everybody, I took a few notes yesterday everning about how I would see the build of an image with a rewrite of debian-cd ... it's in the text file attached. Comments are welcome (as well as patch if you feel the need to extend what I wrote) ! Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com Formation Linux et logiciel libre : http://www.logidee.com Earn money with free software: http://www.geniustrader.org DESIGN OF A NEW DEBIAN-CD Process of building a set of ISO 1. Setup a build directory This temp tree will be self-hosting. It will contain everything related to that CD set and its build for one arch : - the configuration selected (having it only in environment variables is not good, it causes confusion and is a risk of having an old config conflict with the new one currently used if all variables are not reset) - the list of packages to include (still generated from profile like it is now) - temporary tree(s) where we drop everything that needs to be put on the image - resulting ISO images or jigdo files - temporary tree for apt - cache file for things downloaded from the net ? - scripts used to generate 2. Configure the parameters of the build - Select a "media type" This will induce a default media size and will have consequences on other scripts concerning how much data can be included on the image. - Select a "package profile" (i.e. an actual task) - Select a "debian-installer profile" - Select a "build profile" This could copy all the required scripts in the build directory. (maybe the "media type" info could be integrated into the "build profile", in any case build profiles would vary with releases ...) - Customize any other standard configuration item (cf CONF.sh) - Add additionnal sources of package (used to be "local packages") 3. Setup an APT sub-directory to be able to download packages and to make calculations with the information contained in "apt-cache dumpavailable" Loop until packages are available ( 4. Add "fixed" content to the CD #1 (documentation, tools, boot files, ...). 5. Create the list of packages that goes for CD #1 (with an accurate calculation since we already have all the content of the image except md5sum.txt and the Packages files, and size of both of them can be easily estimated). 6. Generate Packages.gz file for CD #1 (ideally without having to add the packages into the temp tree). ) And then : 7a. Either add packages and generate .iso 7b. Or directly generate jigdo files.
Net_install
Hi, I have copies of your Net_install ISOs available here: ftp://mandrake-forum.org/pub/Debian/ ftp://mandrakeusers.org/pub/Debian/ Despite the name, we are independent and support all Linux Distro's. Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
found one netinst cd for woody
Here: http://ameba.sc-uni.ktu.lt/debian-cd/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Future of debian-cd
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:06:55PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Something that Phil and I discussed a while ago - it should be > feasible to produce jigdo images of CDs directly from Packages, jigdo needs each file's md5sum and another, special checksum of the first 1k of data of each file. Those checksums would have to be made available for download on a server for this to work. But doesn't some architecture do something really dirty to make CDs bootable - overwriting part of the image output by mkisofs, or similar? Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making CD bootable
Hi Clark, On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 08:11:36PM -0800, Clark Green wrote: > After having burned the .iso image to a CD, I find it does not boot. My > BIOS boot device settings are fine; other bootable CDs (.iso image of > Knoppix, for example) work just fine. Maybe try booting from the second/third/fourth CD, they use a different way of booting. See http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#bootable > Is there something I need to do to make the CD bootable? No, it should work as is... Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Broken Link to "testing" net install image
I am trying to get the net install image for the "testing" release but the link on the website (http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/) is broken. Is there a different URL I should use?
Re: Broken Link to "testing" net install image
--- Jerod Wilkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to get the net install image for the "testing" > release but the > link on the website > (http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/) is > broken. Is there a different URL I should use? > As was posted earlier, you may be able to find the netinst cds here: http://people.debian.org/~manty/ The following notice in the list history mentions this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2003/debian-cd-200312/msg00153.html = Tony. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Link per il CD per l'installazione da RETE
Salve a tutti, ho trovato delle immagini del CD per l'installazione in rete di Debian GNU/Linux, all'indirizzo: http://iso.linux.hr/debian/minicd/ mi sono sentito in dovere di comunicarverlo visto che sul sito chiedevate dei link per questo CD, perchè le vostre pagine sono down! Saluti e buon Lavoro a Tutti! Nicolò Pastore ___ IncrediMail - il mondo della posta elettronica si è finalmente evoluto - Clicca Qui
[no subject]
this link http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/ (from www.debian.org/CD/netinst) seems to be broken all the best! fillup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Design of new debian-cd
Hello everybody, I took a few notes yesterday everning about how I would see the build of an image with a rewrite of debian-cd ... it's in the text file attached. Comments are welcome (as well as patch if you feel the need to extend what I wrote) ! Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com Formation Linux et logiciel libre : http://www.logidee.com Earn money with free software: http://www.geniustrader.org DESIGN OF A NEW DEBIAN-CD Process of building a set of ISO 1. Setup a build directory This temp tree will be self-hosting. It will contain everything related to that CD set and its build for one arch : - the configuration selected (having it only in environment variables is not good, it causes confusion and is a risk of having an old config conflict with the new one currently used if all variables are not reset) - the list of packages to include (still generated from profile like it is now) - temporary tree(s) where we drop everything that needs to be put on the image - resulting ISO images or jigdo files - temporary tree for apt - cache file for things downloaded from the net ? - scripts used to generate 2. Configure the parameters of the build - Select a "media type" This will induce a default media size and will have consequences on other scripts concerning how much data can be included on the image. - Select a "package profile" (i.e. an actual task) - Select a "debian-installer profile" - Select a "build profile" This could copy all the required scripts in the build directory. (maybe the "media type" info could be integrated into the "build profile", in any case build profiles would vary with releases ...) - Customize any other standard configuration item (cf CONF.sh) - Add additionnal sources of package (used to be "local packages") 3. Setup an APT sub-directory to be able to download packages and to make calculations with the information contained in "apt-cache dumpavailable" Loop until packages are available ( 4. Add "fixed" content to the CD #1 (documentation, tools, boot files, ...). 5. Create the list of packages that goes for CD #1 (with an accurate calculation since we already have all the content of the image except md5sum.txt and the Packages files, and size of both of them can be easily estimated). 6. Generate Packages.gz file for CD #1 (ideally without having to add the packages into the temp tree). ) And then : 7a. Either add packages and generate .iso 7b. Or directly generate jigdo files.
Net_install
Hi, I have copies of your Net_install ISOs available here: ftp://mandrake-forum.org/pub/Debian/ ftp://mandrakeusers.org/pub/Debian/ Despite the name, we are independent and support all Linux Distro's. Regards.
found one netinst cd for woody
Here: http://ameba.sc-uni.ktu.lt/debian-cd/
Broken Link to "testing" net install image
I am trying to get the net install image for the "testing" release but the link on the website (http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/) is broken. Is there a different URL I should use?
Re: Making CD bootable
Hi Clark, On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 08:11:36PM -0800, Clark Green wrote: > After having burned the .iso image to a CD, I find it does not boot. My > BIOS boot device settings are fine; other bootable CDs (.iso image of > Knoppix, for example) work just fine. Maybe try booting from the second/third/fourth CD, they use a different way of booting. See http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#bootable > Is there something I need to do to make the CD bootable? No, it should work as is... Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯
Re: Broken Link to "testing" net install image
--- Jerod Wilkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to get the net install image for the "testing" > release but the > link on the website > (http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/) is > broken. Is there a different URL I should use? > As was posted earlier, you may be able to find the netinst cds here: http://people.debian.org/~manty/ The following notice in the list history mentions this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2003/debian-cd-200312/msg00153.html = Tony. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
Link per il CD per l'installazione da RETE
Salve a tutti, ho trovato delle immagini del CD per l'installazione in rete di Debian GNU/Linux, all'indirizzo: http://iso.linux.hr/debian/minicd/ mi sono sentito in dovere di comunicarverlo visto che sul sito chiedevate dei link per questo CD, perchè le vostre pagine sono down! Saluti e buon Lavoro a Tutti! Nicolò Pastore ___ IncrediMail - il mondo della posta elettronica si è finalmente evoluto - Clicca Qui
[no subject]
this link http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/ (from www.debian.org/CD/netinst) seems to be broken all the best! fillup
Re: Future of debian-cd
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:06:55PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Something that Phil and I discussed a while ago - it should be > feasible to produce jigdo images of CDs directly from Packages, jigdo needs each file's md5sum and another, special checksum of the first 1k of data of each file. Those checksums would have to be made available for download on a server for this to work. But doesn't some architecture do something really dirty to make CDs bootable - overwriting part of the image output by mkisofs, or similar? Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯
