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On 27.12.2017 um 19:59 John G Heim wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:3d0ef77b-937d-5b09-ba38-8e5a8b4147f3@math.wisc.edu">All
I remember is that it suggested booting from a live Ubuntu ISO and
then running pbuilder. It doesn't look as if mk-basefile uses
pbuilder though which confuses me.<br>
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Creating a basefile using a live ISO is really easy. First you
install the required packages:<br>
<br>
# apt-get -y install pbuilder debootstrap<br>
<br>
Then you create the basefile:<br>
<br>
# pbuilder create | tee /root/pbuilder.log<br>
<br>
The '| tee...' part is not really necessary of course, but I like
having a log around in case anything goes wrong.<br>
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The base image gets saved to /var/cache/pbuilder/base.tgz. It just
needs to be renamed to CLASS_NAME.tar.gz where CLASS_NAME is the
name of the class you are assigning your clients to. Mind the
.tar.gz file extension. Move the file to the FAI 'basefiles'
directory and there you go.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
<br>
Robert<br>
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