[wellylug] debian q's

Alex wlug at viceconsulting.co.nz
Thu Mar 25 21:11:18 NZST 2004


a)

with debian, i'm aware there is "stable" , "testing" and "unstable".

is it possible to mix and match packages from the 3 release types? or 
does one generally never do this?

b)

is it possible to instruct apt-get to only get new packages from the 
apt security mirror but not the regular packages?

c)

i'm trying to build a fully automated debian installation cd so i can 
easily deploy debian to a bunch of machines using a cd.

i've had a look at FAI, with limited success - has anyone used this 
tool before? with any luck? has anyone used it to successfully create
a booting CD of debian.

what other software can be used to create a bootable debian CD?

redhat has kickstart, which makes the task a breeze, but there
appears to be no equivs. for debian.

any help much appreciated,
-alex.




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