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I normally do all my installs via PXE server, but I'm building a custom CD for kvm installs that are not on the same vlan as my PXE server. I would prefer this CD was as small as possible and it fetched packages from the network like netinstall mini.iso CD does, but netinstall doesn't mount /cdrom like the server install CD does. I need the cdrom for preseed.

I've got my custom server install CD working, but it is still ~700MB. Trying to modify "dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz" gives me no love as it complains that I've got a corrupt Packages.gz no matter what I do. I'd rather the preseeded mirror was used rather than CD once it gets the cdrom setup. Any ideas?

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Start from an Ubuntu minimal CD, add essential packages via UCK and burn it.

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You need to also regenerate the Releases.gpg file. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization

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  • This shows me how to sign the Release file but it doesn't tell me how to deal with dependency hell. I only want the required debs on the CD to get me to the point where it can retrieve everything else from a mirror.
    – Pete Ashdown
    Jan 21, 2011 at 17:30

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