souravbasu@vsnl.net wrote:
Next LUG meet: 12 Oct 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI Computer Centre
Hi Group, I'm tyring to build my own distribution of Linux with Custom packages selected from GNU sites. Please help me as i am doing this for the forst time. I have a plan to make a distributable cd very similar to that of Redhat or Suse.
Thanks and Regards, SOURAV
Before you start you need to decide on: 1. The objective of your distro 2. The minimum size of a working install 3. The mode of usage (str8 off the CD OR off the HDD) 4. The package management (RPM/DEB/etc.) 5. The installer (depends on package mgmt. choice)
I hope you have a group of people supporting you in this, as designing a distro, developing the distro, testing it, and iterating-till-success, is a very time consuming, and intensive process. Good Luck!
Oh, and by the way, I almost forgot, ;) here is a link to guide you (and anyone else who is interested and thinks of searching the archive): http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/os.html#OSDIST
Best wishes,
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