Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Michael McCabe]

Hi

I'd be interested in this to, but I'd also need to do automated installs
so we could possibly deploy Ubuntu in a couple of computer labs on
campus.

Mike

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 16:49 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am interested in building a Warty derivative. However, I'm unable to
> find any good documentation about this process. Could someone guide me
> through the process of building a Warty CD with a modified installer and
> a custom list of packages ? If somebody can help me, I'm willing to then
> throughoutly document the whole process (so the helping part would
> mostly be a one-time job).
> 
> My main question is : what do I need to do to build a custom ISO with :
> - Debian's partman instead of Ubuntu's
> - A custom list of packages
> - a /etc/apt/sources.list modified to include universe and multiverse by
>   default.
> 
> However, as a first step, and to get a better understanding of the build
> process, I'd be happy with how to regenerate the warty ISO.
> 
> Why do I need this ? I'm member of a student union	which lend CDs to
> other students (to-be computer engineers). We mainly lend Mandrake and
> endure the consequences of this every week, because Ubuntu is not at all
> suited for our needs :
> 
> - Warty's installer can't resize Windows partitions during installation.
>   100% of our "customers" need to resize a Windows partition before
>   installing. And asking them to use third-party software (Knoppix,
>   Partition Magic) is not acceptable : they are mostly computer newbies,
>   and installing GNU/Linux is already a big enough challenge.
> 
> - Students have special needs (like, for example, an Ada compiler,
>   scilab, etc, etc, etc). So we need to remove/add some packages.
>   Asking them to download the packages from the internet is not an
>   option, since most of them don't have an internet connection at home
>   (they are newcomers in the city for the most part).
> 
> Apart from that, Ubuntu is really fabulous, and students who installed
> it (mainly those with an internet connection) are totally happy with it.
> So I'd kill to be able to distribute Ubuntu to more students inside the
> school. But we need a derivate for this to happen.
> 
> Thank you
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