Package: dfsbuild (1.0.2.0 and others)

[ Source: dfsbuild  ]

Build Debian From Scratch CD/DVD images

Debian From Scratch (DFS) is a live bootable CD that is designed to provide a fully-featured kernel and a fully-featured rescue environment. The rescue environment contains filesystem tools, editors, C development environment, etc.

dfsbuild is the program used to create the DFS CD image. It is highly configurable and can be used to create other custom bootable CD or DVD images. You can use dfsbuild to do something as simple as building a DFS CD with a custom kernel. Or, you can customize the CD to include a completely different set of packages.

dfsbuild works by obtaining packages from your nearest Debian mirror. It will generate an ISO image that contains a bootable Debian system generated by installing those packages. Also, it can place all the .debs and files needed by cdebootstrap in the image. Thus, the generated image can be used to install the base Debian system on a PC as well.

On i386 and amd64 platforms, dfsbuild supports the Grub bootloader.

On Alpha, dfsbuild supports the aboot bootloader.

On PowerPC, dfsbuild supports the yaboot bootloader.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, Software Development: Debian, Hardware Enablement: Storage, CD, DVD, Implemented in: Haskell, User Interface: Command Line, Network Protocol: HTTP, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Application Suite: Debian, Purpose: Downloading, Storing, Works with: Archive, Supports Format: ISO 9660 CD Filesystem

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• dep: aboot [alpha]

  Linux bootloader for the SRM console

• dep: cdebootstrap

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• dep: cramfsprogs

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• dep: debconf

  Debian beálllítás-kezelő rendszer

  or debconf-2.0

  virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf

• dep: grub [amd64, i386]

  GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
  also a virtual package provided by grub-efi, grub-ieee1275, grub-linuxbios, grub-pc

• dep: hfsutils [powerpc]

  Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

• dep: libgmp3c2

  Multiprecision arithmetic library

• dep: mkisofs

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• dep: mkvmlinuz [powerpc]

  create a kernel to boot a PowerPC machine from Open Firmware

• dep: reprepro

  Debian package repository producer

• dep: ucf (>= 0.28)

  Update Configuration File: preserve user changes to config files.

• dep: yaboot [powerpc]

  Yet Another Bootloader

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Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha	1.0.2.0+b1	2,555.4 kB	13,032.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	1.0.2.0+b1	994.3 kB	3,172.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	1.0.2.0	911.8 kB	2,464.0 kB	[list of files]
powerpc	1.0.2.0	1,838.5 kB	9,184.0 kB	[list of files]