How to make my own custom Debian Install disk?

[amgeex]

Hello good people from JustLinux! I was wondering, how would I go about making my own Debian Sid Install Disk? I got fed up searching for a Debian based distro with SATA support enabled by default, with the latest kernel, and with bleeding edge packages, so I got this idea on my head.

This is how I would do it:

1. Install Debian on my older computer, add unstable sources to my apt sources list, do "apt-get update" "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" to get that install to the bleeding edge, with the latest packages and security updates.

2. Download the latest stable release of the Kernel Source (2.6.8.1 *** off now) from Kernel.org, configure it with scsi emulation (to burn disks) and SATA support from the getgo among other things, then make a .deb package of the kernel image with "make - kpkg kernel - image".

3. Make a bootable install disk with the current bugfixes/updates, minimal install with the custom kernel with scsi emulation and SATA enabled by default.

And that would be it, then I'd install it on my new comp which has a 250Gig SATA Western Digital Hard Drive (yay!).

The problem is, how do I make that bootable Debian Install disk from withing debian with that custom kernel?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Cheers! AMGeeX!

[ph34r]

The Debian -testing netinstall iso has the 2.6.x kernel. You don't need scsi emulation to burn CDs with the 2.6 series, and I'm pretty sure that there is SATA support already there as well. Check it out - may save you lots of time and headache.

Other than that,there are instructions on Debian's website about how to make a custom install cd.

[amgeex]

Thanks a lot mate! I'll surely check it out!