On Tuesday 10 July 2001 03:16, you wrote: > Is it possible to somehow set this method as the preferred method for > installing new packages? (Like say using a text editor from the boot cd > before allowing the first debian boot from the hard disk?)
Not that I know of, no. The standard CD's only have binary packages on them. I don't know how source CD's work, however. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brendan O'Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 03:32 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the > packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and > compiled specifically for my CPU? > > On Monday 09 July 2001 01:51, mjevans1983011 wrote: > > I think the topic says most of what I want. > > <Snip> > > > Anyway; is this possible? Can I just put in a boot disk/cd and have all > > my > > > packages compiled on my system to its exact abilities? If yes, which > > download is it for debian? > > Well, not that automatically. You can always apt-get -b source package to > automatically download the source and compile it (and the pentium-builder > package is supposed to automatically force optimizations for you) but > you'll need a base system installed first. I guess you could slowly > replace all your default installed packages with more robust, faster ones. > > --Brendan > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
