Re: How do I create a Packages file?

2001-07-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 04:37:23PM -0400, Justin F. Knotzke écrivait: > I want to be able to add a series of packages to my Debian CD and > have them show up in the Advanced option (using dselect). > > Right now, I have: dists/stable/local/binary-386/admin/ > > In this director

Re: Woody unofficial CDROMs and booting with Grub

2001-07-28 Thread Michele Dalla Silvestra
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:57:42AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:00:15PM +0200, Michele Dalla Silvestra wrote: > > > Is possible to move Grub from the 2nd CD to the 1st? And to use it in the > > installation instead of LILO? > > moving it to CD 1 is not enough, it would

Contrib and non-free packages in Official CDs

2001-07-28 Thread Michele Dalla Silvestra
A little question. I use Debian (and as little as I can) I support its use mostly because it use only Free Software (free in terms as freedom). Is possible to move the "contrib" section in the latest CD and remove the "empty" directory non-free from the CDs? I've looked the 1st CD from ftp.fsn.h

Re: How do I create a Packages file?

2001-07-28 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:21:10PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > The generated path (in the Packages file) should be relative to the root > of the mirror so you generate it this way : > $ cd /mirror/debian > $ apt-ftparchive packages dists/stable/local >dists/stable/local/Packages ISTR apt didn