Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

On Sun, 2018-01-28 at 13:01 +1300, Alex King wrote: > * Follow https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2017/12/msg00375.html to build > with a backports kernel. > * Try to do the same with Jessie, which is what my customer actually wants. > * Make whatever changes necessary so the backport kernel is

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Alex King (2018-01-28): > Indeed that worked very well and resulted in a successful build, thank you. > > My next steps: > > * Follow https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2017/12/msg00375.html to build > with a backports kernel. The net-retriever patch is… wow. Preliminary

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Alex King (2018-01-28): > > Also, build/README contains this: > > | Recipe: > > | - Install the build-dependencies on the host system > > |(run dpkg-checkbuilddeps in the parent installer/ directory). > > | - Create your own sources.list.udeb.local, otherwise the build

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

On 28/01/18 12:51, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Alex King (2018-01-28): I wanted to build a net installer that would load stable (actually jessie but I'll start with stable) but using a recent kernel. Firstly I went to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller#Development and

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Indeed that worked very well and resulted in a successful build, thank you. My next steps: * Follow https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2017/12/msg00375.html to build with a backports kernel. * Try to do the same with Jessie, which is what my customer actually wants. * Make whatever changes

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Alex King (2018-01-28): > I wanted to build a net installer that would load stable (actually jessie > but I'll start with stable) but using a recent kernel. > > Firstly I went to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller#Development and >

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Hi, thanks for your help, see below regarding documentation. On 28/01/18 00:52, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 11:38:54AM +1300, Alex King wrote: I'm trying to build an installer following build/README, but must have something basic wrong.  So far I have: * apt-get source

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

Hi, Alex King (2018-01-27): > I'm trying to build an installer following build/README, but must have > something basic wrong.  So far I have: > > * apt-get source debian-installer > * Install the build-dependencies on the host system > * (did not install a sources list as

Re: Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 11:38:54AM +1300, Alex King wrote: > I'm trying to build an installer following build/README, but must > have something basic wrong.  So far I have: > > * apt-get source debian-installer > * Install the build-dependencies on the host system > * (did not install a

Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

I'm trying to build an installer following build/README, but must have something basic wrong.  So far I have: * apt-get source debian-installer * Install the build-dependencies on the host system * (did not install a sources list as I'm happy with the system one) * make build_netboot This