Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 8/3/05, Fernando Cacciola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dave Ewart wrote: >> >>>> I have Sarge successfully installed in a machine, using just the >>>> netinst CD. >>>> Now I want it on another machine... I can of course use the >>>> netinst CD >>>> once again and wait for all the packages to download, but I was >>>> wondering if I can somehow create a set of ISO images using the >>>> machine >>>> were debian is already installed. >> >>> If you kept copies of the downloaded packages (in /var/cache/apt), >>> then >>> you should be able to use jigdo to build an ISO. >> >> Ok, I see about 864 items there, so I take that apt kept the >> downloaded >> packages. >> (They sum-up about 593Mb which fits 1 CD, and that's unexpected >> because the "official" distribution has lots of CDs) > > Most of the CDs have rarely used packages, so it's no surprise you > don't have most of them installed. > >> Anyway, how do I use jigdo to build an ISO? I've never used jidgo >> before so >> I've _scanned_ the jigsaw site, the faqs and the list archives but >> found >> nothing. > > Install jigdo-file, then run: > jigdo-lite > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/jigdo-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-binary-1.jigdo > > When it asks for a directory to scan, give it /var/cache/apt/packages > > Note that this builds the whole first CD - I don't think jigdo is > available for the netinst images. OK Great! I suppose I shall repeat that with "binary-2" and so on for any CD that matches some of my local packages.
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