I would like to make a custom install CD for just the base system. I understand that all you need is the following files from: http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/
base2_2.tgz drivers.tgz install.bat md5sum.txt images-2.88/kernel-config images-2.88/rescue.bin You have to somehow make the CD boot the rescue.bin image? Then you could use dselect to get the rest of the packages you need. Basically, I would like to have such a CD, and include a backup of my /etc, /var, /home, /usr/local directories as well as dpkg selections. This way, if I stuffed my system and had to re-install then all I would have to do is: Install base system, set up ADSL dpkg --set-selections < /cdrom/dpkg_selections dselect (skip "select" part) and install Then copy over the backups of /etc, /var, /home, /usr/local And I should be back and running. How do you make such a bootable base install CD? Is it possible to do this? Regards Mark.
