Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-20 Thread Hans
Wouldn't be for testing purposes a livefile not be better? I suppose, live- build might help. And it is possible, to make changes. I also suggest FAI (Fully Automated Installation), which is also running fine with debian and which is also configurable. Just two ideas.. Best Hans

Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-20 Thread Aaron Gray
Great thanks very much everyone I maybe a while ;) On 20 September 2017 at 14:48, Ian Jackson wrote: > Aaron Gray writes ("Re: Debian distro build system"): > > I basically want to > > > > a) be able to build a Debain distro myself such as Jessie for testin

Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Aaron Gray writes ("Re: Debian distro build system"): > I basically want to > > a) be able to build a Debain distro myself such as Jessie for testing purposes > > b) be able to make bespoke modifications to this All the source code and tools are available. But sad

Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-20 Thread Aaron Gray
> > If you can give us some info on what you are actually trying to do > then we can give you a better answer. > I basically want to a) be able to build a Debain distro myself such as Jessie for testing purposes b) be able to make bespoke modifications to this -- Aaron Gray Independent Open S

Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Aaron Gray wrote: > I am wanting to build a Debian rootfs and possibly whole distro for x86, > amd64, and ARM HF and EL. Specifically with Debian Installer. The standard way to create a Debian install is to download and boot the Debian installer (d-i): https://ww

Re: Debian distro build system

2017-09-19 Thread Manuel Traut
Hi Aaron, Am 19. September 2017 7:27:24 nachm. schrieb Aaron Gray : Hi, I am wanting to build a Debian rootfs and possibly whole distro for x86, amd64, and ARM HF and EL. Specifically with Debian Installer. If you mean rebuild from source, than I'm not aware of any build system that could

Debian distro build system

2017-09-19 Thread Aaron Gray
Hi, I am wanting to build a Debian rootfs and possibly whole distro for x86, amd64, and ARM HF and EL. Specifically with Debian Installer. Where do I find information to do this and is there an existing build machine and configurations for thsi so I may duplicate it. I have several HP DL 140 G3 m