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	qole	2008-06-24 , 19:34
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I was thinking of depending on bzip2, and then dropping a script as part of the . The script (eg. "chroot-extract") would simply be:

Code:

export IMGFOLDER=/media/mmc1
bunzip2 -c $IMGFOLDER/$1 | tar xvf - -C $IMGFOLDER/

the user would just type:

Code:

chroot-extract debian-chroot-img.tar.bz2

It seems like the best way to make this process easy. That's what I want. I want a "Debian appliance" that is easy for newbies, and you're right, "20 minute installer cylons are not pleasant."

EDIT... I should probably make my scripts more failure-resistant... put if statements, check for the existence of files, that sort of thing...

EDIT2: I can't seem to make the package dependent on bzip2, Application Manager just shrugs and says it can't find it, even in red pill mode. I don't get it.

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Last edited by qole; 2008-06-25 at 18:51.

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