Well maybe if you are lucky the package will allow you to edit an existing template. It should!
On Jul 5, 2013, at 11:40 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: >> On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can somebody point me at some docs or packages I could use to create a >>>>> customized CD/DVD/BD image for installing Debian PowerPC? >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to create a 32GB (or larger?) USB memory stick that can be used >>>>> to do a complete installation of PowerPC Debian (Wheezy right now, but >>>>> into the future... who knows?) without access to the Internet at install >>>>> time. E.g. behind a *very* restrictive firewall or a very slow ISP >>>>> connection. >>>>> >>>>> I know that jigdo templates are provided for BD images that will do the >>>>> job, but only for AMD64, not for PowerPC, hence the need to roll my own. >>>>> >>>>> And besides, I think it might be fun to learn more about the process. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe my google foo is at a low ebb today: I did my duty as a >>>>> question-asker -- searching the web for answers before I ask the list -- >>>>> but came up dry. In any case, a pointer in the right direction would be >>>>> much appreciated! >>> >>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Brian wrote: >>> >>>> How about editing the amd64 template? >>> >>> That might work if I knew where the template was, and how to use it. >>> >>> I've installed simple-cdd and started to read the documentation. Is the >>> configuration file mentioned there the same as the template you are talking >>> about? >>> >>> Or is there a different package that I should be looking at... > > > On Jul 5, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Brian wrote: > >> Well wouldn't documentation for Jigdo template be in Jigdo package? > > The jigdo template is a lot lower level than I was hoping for. It's kinda > like the object code, where I'm looking for the high-level language source > code and a compiler to produce the object code from it. > > It's theoretically possible to edit the jigdo template, and all the binary > parts it contains, just as it's theoretically possible to edit the java > byte-code for a subroutine that almost does what you want -- but it's much > more convenient (and comprehensible) to edit the java source code. What I'm > hoping for is that there's something like a compiler that takes a human > understandable specification, in the form of list of packages and other > configurable components of an installer CD/DVD/BD/etc, and outputs a jigdo > template (or such) that implements that specification. > > I'm hoping that's exactly what simple-cdd is. > > Enjoy! > > Rick > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/836fb2bb-4d9a-465d-ad9e-a3531b182...@pobox.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/294f79d9-949b-472e-9631-4fbf4c25b...@gmail.com
