[Debian-NP-Commits] r270 - people/vagrant/simple-cdd

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Author: vagrant-guest
Date: Fri Nov 26 17:38:30 2004
New Revision: 270

Modified:
   people/vagrant/simple-cdd/CONF.sh
   people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README
Log:
added description of how to use profiles, NOTE advising people not to remove the default profile.


Modified: people/vagrant/simple-cdd/CONF.sh
==============================================================================
--- people/vagrant/simple-cdd/CONF.sh	(original)
+++ people/vagrant/simple-cdd/CONF.sh	Fri Nov 26 17:38:30 2004
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # determine which profiles you want to install.
 
 # profiles to include on the CD: 
+# NOTE: *always* include the "default" profile.
 profiles="default"
 #profiles="default lessdisks"
 

Modified: people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README
==============================================================================
--- people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README	(original)
+++ people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README	Fri Nov 26 17:38:30 2004
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 apt-get install debpartial-mirror (works with 0.2.8, currently only in unstable)
 apt-get install debian-cd (used 2.2.20)
+apt-get install rsync
 
 
 Package Selection
@@ -46,14 +47,30 @@
   debconf debconf/priority
 
 
+Profiles
+
+to make a custom profile, think of a name for it, such as "lessdisks".
+
+edit or create lessdisks.preseed with relevent debconf questions, lessdisks.packages to include all packages you want automatically installed, and lessdisks.downloads to include additional packages that will be included on the CD, but not installed by default.
+
+add the profile to the list of profiles, in CONF.sh:
+
+profiles="default lessdisks"
+
+do not remove the default profile, that could cause problems.
+
+when the base installation is finished, a menu should pop up asking you which
+profiles you want to install. select all the profiles you want.  
+
+
 Passing Boot Prompt Parameters
 
 you can alter the default boot parameters by editing CONF.sh:
 
-KERNEL_PARAMS="preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed languagechooser/language-name=English countrychooser/shortlist=US"
-
 this can be useful if you need to specify a language.
 
+KERNEL_PARAMS="preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed languagechooser/language-name=English countrychooser/shortlist=US"
+
 NOTE: be careful not to specify too many parameters to the kernel. i guess it
 can only take 8, and debian-installer uses several by default. if you need to
 remove some options, you may need to modify
@@ -63,11 +80,20 @@
 
 Debian Installer Release
 
-simple-cdd needs debian-installer rc2 or newer. if debian-installer in sarge
-has not yet fully migrated to rc2(not all mirrors have updated as of 20041124),
-in CONF.sh edit:
+simple-cdd needs debian-installer rc2 (20041118) or newer. 
+
+try to use a mirror where dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current is rc2 or
+greater.  be wary of round-robin mirrors such as http.us.debian.org or
+ftp.us.debian.org, as they may be out of sync.  in CONF.sh, edit:
+
+debpartial_debian_mirror="http://up.to.date.mirror/debian/"
+
+alternately, if you must use an out-of-date mirror, use debian-installer from sid. in CONF.sh edit:
+
+di_codename="sid"
 
-di_codename="sid", or di_release="rc2", or di_release="20041118"
+(or specify di_release="20041118" or di_release="rc2" if that directory is
+present on your mirror).
 
 
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