Using FAI to build custom Debian install and iso?

[Bruce Edge]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niall Young [mailto:niall at chime.net.au]
> 
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Dan Peterson wrote:
> 
> > Ideally, I'd like to have an iso that I could burn
> 
> Try the scripts at:
> 
>     http://www.iinet.net.au/~niall/fai/
> 
> They'll build a CD from your NFSROOT which should be fully
> self-contained.
> 


I've been using Niall's scripts. They do exactly what you asked.
My CD contains the a debian package repository, the FAI installer scripts and classes, and a root filesystem to boot from.
It detects different hardware configuations, loads drivers if needed, pick a partition map based on the disks it detected, ask the user a couple of configuration questions that are specific to our installs, then proceeds to install debian, a bunch of packages, a boot loader, and our software.

-Bruce.