Questions tagged [distribution-media]
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31 Debian CDs -- Why? and which do I need for a vanilla desktop install?
I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) for a couple of months now, and I want to try Debian to see how different it is.
Well, I've already found a couple of differences..
The first one that Debian-Live means only-Live.
The second difference has…
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Build a "live USB stick" image without actually using a stick
We're trying to build a customized installation stick for putting linux on our embedded product. We're wanting to build it from scratch every time -- that is, pull RPMs out of a (local) repository.
All of the mechanisms we've used to date require…
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How do I build custom Ubuntu CD's automatically?
I'd like to build custom Ubuntu installation CD's daily (CRON job). Think Daily Build but with custom packages coming from a text file. Packages would be a mix of some official Ubuntu packages as well as some custom packages from other sources.
Any…
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Where can I get Debian initial version ISOs?
I am interested in installing initial versions of Debian on VirtualBox. Can anybody tell me where I can find these ISOs?
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Debian installation media with non-free packages?
Are there any Debian DVDs (Lenny, 5.0) out there that include the non-free hardware driver components?
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Building an Arch Linux based live CD/USB
After bootstrapping my Arch live CD, I try to install the archiso package with:
pacman -Sy archiso
but I get:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
archiso: /usr/lib/initcpio/archiso_shutdown exists in filesystem
archiso:…
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locate is not locating the file present in the current directory
That media is another hard disk in the computer. What is the way to locate things there?
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how do I do file-listing of all files/packages in an .iso to stdout or to a file?
I am looking to do a file-listing of all files/packages in an .iso either to stdout or to a file. It would be nice if the file-listing is complete as in $ls -l so I have all the necessary data to manipulate and take a call based on the data I have.…
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What do I need to do in order to create a quickly-installable Debian distribution?
I need to build a custom Debian-based distribution to be easily and quickly installable on multiple machines. How can I build a distribution like this and package it so I can either
Install it via a bootable USB drive
Flash it onto the hard disk…
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Where can I find which packages are on each Debian Squeeze CD?
I just installed Debian Squeeze on my E1505. In order to get my wireless card working, I'm trying to install network-manager-gnome (I already installed firmware-iwlwifi)
My current question is, how can I figure out which CD this
(and its…
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Full Linux distro under 50 MB for a business card CD
I need a full Linux distribution for a non-profit activist organisation that can fit on a business card CD.
If that's not possible, there is a business card DVD option too with up to 400 MB capacity.
But I would really prefer CD over DVD if such…
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