Re: ISO Images from fully installed hd?

From: Dave Ewart (davee_at_sungate.co.uk)
Date: 08/03/05

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    On Wednesday, 03.08.2005 at 11:46 -0300, Fernando Cacciola 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)
    > 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.

    Try reading http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Jigdo/

    Dave. 

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