Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Regarding building a .deb from the package: who cares if anyone else will use it? If it makes your life easier, do it anyway! You can always make it available if anyone else is interested, but the main reason for building the .deb is to make it easier for you to install it again and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: I've got to knock together a box that uses some software which isn't in the repos. This box is going to have to be replicated again and again, therefore I can't be bothered to compile the software over and over every time I need a new box. I've checked into some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew East
On 16/08/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd check out partimage. (www.partimage.org). I've not used it the way you want but the WEB page implies it will do the job. Have a look at http://www.mondorescue.org/ too -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Kirrus
- Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd check out partimage. (www.partimage.org). I've not used it the way you want but the WEB page implies it will do the job. Regards, Tony. Hey Tony - thanks. I took a quick look at partimage before, but couldn't seem to be able to get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Chris Rowson
Have you thought about generating a .deb for the package you want, and using that to deploy? Video showing (full link[0]): http://tinyurl.com/2tke4v Howto build a .deb (Quite old, but should still be useful): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51003 [0]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 16/08/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd check out partimage. (www.partimage.org). I've not used it the way you want but the WEB page implies it will do the job. Regards, Tony. Hey Tony - thanks. I took a quick look at partimage before, but couldn't seem to be able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imaging Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Chris Rowson
Regarding building a .deb from the package: who cares if anyone else will use it? If it makes your life easier, do it anyway! You can always make it available if anyone else is interested, but the main reason for building the .deb is to make it easier for you to install it again and again.