[med-svn] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianMed/LiveCD" by SteffenMoeller
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The "DebianMed/LiveCD" page has been changed by SteffenMoeller:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/LiveCD?action=diff&rev1=9&rev2=10
sudo mkdir /mnt/stick # prepare mount point
mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/stick
- debootstrap squeeze /mnt/stick http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian # please adjust to your mirror
+ debootstrap --include=dropbear squeeze /mnt/stick http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian # please adjust to your mirror
}}}
- A disadvantage of this setup is the limited space to cache the packages - the binaries eat up the disk space that is needed to unpack them. And apt-get does not care about removing packages from /var/cache/apt to free disk space during installation. After the debootstrap, one should hence loop over $packages to install, like
+ A disadvantage of this setup is the limited space to cache the packages - the binaries eat up the disk space that is needed to unpack them. And apt-get does not care about removing packages from /var/cache/apt to free disk space during installation. After the debootstrap, one should install in fractions rather than all in one - also depending on the size of your medium. A 4GB USB stick was found far less comfy than originally anticipated. Go for at least 8GB.
{{{
chroot /mnt/stick
- packages="debian-keyring build-essential boinc-client autodock autogrid autodocktools gromacs"
+ # some basic infrastructure
+ apt-get install debian-keyring build-essential dhcp3-client
+ # debian-med
+ apt-get install med-bio-dev
+ apt-get clean
+ # more advanced packages - adjust to your liking
+ packages="boinc-client autodock autogrid autodocktools gromacs r-cran-qtl r-recommended"
- for p in $packages; do echo "Installing $p"; apt-get install $p && apt-get clean; done
+ for p in $packages; do echo "Installing $p"; apt-get --no-install-recommends install $p && apt-get clean; done
}}}
While still in the chroot, the password of root needs to be set.
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