On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:11:57PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: : > 4. Netinstall image should have some packages : > : > I'm not sure on that ... but having grub, a : > kernel and a modules package would have been : > an immense help. : : They used to be on there. Are you sure you have a netinst and not : mini.iso/netboot or businesscard image?
Yes, I had. I'll take that point back; you're right. What I would have needed, however, is a way to get to the stage where one can install onto the target, without overwriting the fstab or modifying the target's partitions. : > - leave out lost+found : : Why? Because the lost+found directory (NOT its contents) is quite misleading when copied to a target system that has no 'mount boundary' there. I.e., when the source has /tmp/lost+found, but the target has /tmp directly on root, the source's /lost+found shouldn't be copied. Just like e.g. the journal 'file', but that one's not needed for the user generally so you can hide it always. : > - leave out /proc, /sys, the automatic /dev : : use the same filesystem flag, or better see enxt comment Not so nice for about six mounted partitions. : > - copy all "real" files : > - copy the /dev on harddisk under the mounted devfs : > (using mount -bind or so) : : Why do you have an devfs mounted? But if you do or have udev there : then the dir is lost. (Not fully, see mount -bind. I've tried it recently and it worked.) : Mount the device again under a different mountpoint without any : submounts. No devfs, no udev, no proc, no sys. Then you can just copy : the whole thing. Basically mount -bind. : > There is really need for a good program that does it; : > IMHO that program should be cp. : : rsync. That also works when you have to copy over the network. And : include the ssh.udeb on the image. Yes, it's doable; in fact, I used rsync. But with the various virtual file systems (/proc, /sys, /dev), in particular with underlying real ones (/dev), with special files like list+found, with access control lists etc. it has become very hard to do the equivalent of "copy all real files with attributes to new location" I didn't say it was undoable, it's just become a PITA. : wodim <iso-file> Someone pointed that out already, and I'll look into it. Thanks for your comments Claus -- Claus Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.clausfischer.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]