OK, I have a few questions. Background: We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought "Gee, we have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two?"
Question 1: Why?? hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb Question 2: (the words "hack" and "frozen" both make me nervous in this context) There is a line in 'Configuration': # This is not the released version STATUS=frozen which I changed to STATUS=stable and there is a comment in 'Rules': # Create a dists/ subdir in debian/ subdir of the tmpdir. define init-dists # Hack for frozen (cd $(ARCHIVE); cp -dpRPl dists/$(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian) -ln -s $(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/stable -ln -s ../hamm $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/hamm endef Question/Comment 3: I want to burn a hamm CD. I execute 'make binary-i386' and /usr/src/debian-cd/Rules breaks down because it wants to copy fips15.zip and fips15c.zip, but the only file available for it is /home/ftp/pub/debian/tools/fips20.zip. OK, I fixed that. (But perhaps the script should be fixed?) Question 4: Now things move along swimmingly until mkiofs takes off. I guess it's assigning alternate file names. Here is the output, starting with the last line that looks correct to me, followed by a line that looks broken to me, and ending with the abend of the make. Using HFSUTILS.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/otherosfs/hfsutils_3.1-3.deb (hfsutils-tcltk_3.1-3.deb) Using 2_0.000 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17 (2.0.10_1998-07-21) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440tecra-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Unable to open disc image file make: *** [binary-i386] Error 1 Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Pann -- Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 Technical Manager Phone: (206) 782-7733 ext 122 SSC, Inc. www.ssc.com Fax: (206) 782-7191 Linux Journal www.linuxjournal.com