On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:24:36 +0000, Omar Baqueiro wrote:

> John Hasler wrote:
>> Omar Baqueiro writes:
>>
>>>That would be great dont you think?
>>
>>
>> Why do you want to create a CD when you can download and install packages
>> at will from the Debian archive?

> The basic idea stands in creating a LiveCD, with only the necessary
> packages you want and maybe with only the modules for the drivers you
> need. And then , if later you need any other package you can download
> it via apt-get (or its corresponding GUI).
>
> Here I am thinking in a easy to use web site, to enable beginners to
> download his Linux CD, in a sort of centralized way. Maybe, with
> accounts in the site/portal, the user will be able to save her LiveCD
> configuration.
>
> Now, I think one difficulty will be how to "install" the packages so
> they are ready to run in the LiveCD, this could be tackled by making it
> a non-liveCD (it must be installed), but creating a install CD which
> will install the selected packages and drivers.

For an install CD, couldn't you achieve something like this with the new
debian installer and preseed.cfg?