making a minimal CD

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http://groups.google.com/group/debian.cd/browse_thread/thread/f6fb8354fabbd10a

Newsgroups: debian.cd
Date: 8 Nov 2001

> I got the debian-cd package from CVS, but it seems somewhat
> inaccessible. I can't even figure out how best to create the local
> mirror that it requires. Is there any in-depth documentation on that

I have been doing this with relatively usable results, the following way:

Installed the apt-move package, which I use to create a mirror. apt-move sync downloads just every package I have installed in my debian system.
Copied the /boot, /tools, /indices, /debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/ directories from the original binary CD 1 to my mirror (simply /var/www/debian) along with some README files and other stuff searched for by debian-cd.
Installed the debian-cd package and configured CONF.sh

How to make the CD?, I will paste my instruction list, but your milage may vary, it does for me too:

as root
in a terminal
in the directory /usr/share/debian-cd

issue the following commands

cd /usr/share/debian-cd (yet done)
. CONF.sh
make distclean
make mirrorcheck
make bin-list COMPLETE=1

make -k bootable

-k: while some problems are not resolved

Yields an error which I ignore.

make packages

yields:      ( /var/www/debian/indices/override.potato.main.gz: No
such file or directory
/var/www/debian/indices-non-US/override.potato.main.gz: No such file
or directory /var/www/debian/indices/override.potato.contrib.gz: No
such file or directory
/var/www/debian/indices-non-US/override.potato.contrib.gz: No such
file or directory /var/www/debian/indices/override.potato.non-free.gz:
No such file or directory
/var/www/debian/indices-non-US/override.potato.non-free.gz: No such
file or directory ) etc. etc.

make bin-md5mlist
make bin-images

Jorge-Leon

making a minimal CD

I finally got around to building a CD following your advice. After removing the dists/ directory, I was left with a 25M ISO image - and it works perfectly. I am quite pleased. Thank you very much! The next thing would be to customize the installer. It is in boot/rescue.bin, is it not? Are there any documents concerning the creation of your own rescue.bin? I'm sure the source is available somewhere, right?

Juergen Fiedler