On 8/3/05, Fernando Cacciola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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)
Most of the CDs have rarely used packages, so it's no surprise you don't have most of them installed. > 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. Install jigdo-file, then run: jigdo-lite http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/jigdo-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-binary-1.jigdo When it asks for a directory to scan, give it /var/cache/apt/packages Note that this builds the whole first CD - I don't think jigdo is available for the netinst images.