Debian-Installer: Build yourself

Originally from http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2002/debian-boot-200207/msg00441.html but probably much changed since.

HOWTO

Here are the steps to build debian-installer:

You will need sudo access or be root to do this.

This will give you a network-enabled installer, if you'd rather want a cdrom installer, run make TYPE=cdrom or TYPE=cdrom144.

This will break on every arch but i386; any help fixing this is very much appreciated.

NOTE that it's possible to build this under woody, but it's difficult. It might require packages from unstable during the build process. I actually got thru the build process, but haven't seen the thing work yet. I had to install libc from unstable and then my original libc again, then the libc from security.debian.org which might work in the first place. I'm going to redo the build with that lib to see if that clears up problems. If not, I'll search the open seas for a good floppy :)

-Jim Lynch