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Package: dfsbuild (1.0.2.0)

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

Other Packages Related to dfsbuild

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: aboot [alpha]
    Linux bootloader for the SRM console
  • dep: cdebootstrap
    Bootstrap a Debian system
  • dep: cramfsprogs
    Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM File System)
  • dep: debconf
    Debian configuration management system
    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
    Dummy transition package for genisoimage
  • 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

Download dfsbuild

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 2,535.6 kB12912 kB [list of files]
amd64 974.9 kB3180 kB [list of files]
i386 911.8 kB2464 kB [list of files]
powerpc 1,838.5 kB9184 kB [list of files]