on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:51:03AM -0500, Jesse Goerz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Our local LUG is doing installfests once a month and it seems I'm the only > Debian user in the whole bunch (the damn heretics!;-) > > I would like to get some advice on this: > > I'm trying to create a bare bones system with all the things a new Linux user > would be semi-familiar with. (i.e. Netscape, KDE2 desktop, etc.) Is it > possible to install the above on a machine, and then do: > > dpkg --get-selections > > >From that output, create a cdrom which is a Debian install CD with > >only those packages? > > What I'm getting at is basically a Debian 2.2r0 binary 1 disc with all the > stuff I wouldn't be using stripped out and the extras added in (like > netscape, kde2, etc.) I could then just burn a whole bunch and just give > them to the folks (licensing issues for stuff that may fall into non-free?). > I've already created an apt-getable cd-rom with the kde2 stuff so I > understand how to do that. What I'm having difficulty with is what to strip > out and what not to. Perhaps a script to rm everything EXCEPT what is from > dpkg --get-selections? Is this possible? Am I on the right track? > > I really have to do this because the rpm guys in my LUG are all bragging up > that they have kde2 already up on their systems. (I've had it up since Ivan > put out the first packages! God bless apt!) Plus I want to blow them all > away with how easy Debian's PM is to use. I must have converts;-)
I'd look at making a local Debian mirror of the distro(s) you plan to support installation of (I'd stick with Potato, personally). Provide network support. You can distribute your apt-get --get-selections list to people who want a more-or-less quickstart installation, which mirroring the full archive means you can let people tailor their own config if they want. Far preferable to distributing a bunch of CDs, and generally faster. I thought Rick Moen had a LinuxMafia post regarding setting this kind of stuff up -- I *know* I've seen him post on this topic before -- he's bcc'd in the event he can trigger my grey matter with a link. Spent a couple hours reading through his stuff Friday night (try "rick moen linuxmafia" at Google). See also refs on setting up your own debian mirror. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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