Todo for preos:

get debian installer (?)
    x86, amd64
configure sshd
    add authorized_keys
output files
    tftp: cuni:    curl -s "http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/$version/main/installer-$arch/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz" | tar xz
    iso


http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/
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debootstrap:
    [19:33] brief:hack% sudo debootstrap squeeze ./debian-squeeze
    [19:30] brief:hack# du -sh .
    213M    .

install kernel
    [19:35] brief:hack# chroot debian-squeeze/ apt-get -y install linux-image-amd64 
    [19:37] brief:debian-squeeze# ls boot/initrd*                   
    boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
    [19:37] brief:debian-squeeze# ls boot/vmlinuz*
    boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64

install sshd
    [19:37] brief:hack# chroot debian-squeeze/ apt-get -y --force-yes install openssh-server 

    - connect back?
    - generate sshd keys?

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initramfs:
       find . -print0 | bsdcpio $( (( QUIET )) && echo '--quiet' ) -R 0:0 -0oH newc | $COMPRESSION $COMPRESSION_OPTIONS > "$IMGPATH"

    /init for booting
    find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov --format=newc | gzip -9 > /boot/my-initramfs.cpio.gz
    cpio -H newc -o
    find . | cpio -H newc -o > ../initramfs.cpio # <-- this is the actual initramfs


[19:39] brief:debian-squeeze# find . | bsdcpio -H newc -o > ../initramfs.cpio 
[19:43] brief:debian-squeeze# xz ../initramfs.cpio


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cdrom:
    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/cd-roms.html

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[19:34] brief:hack# chroot debian-squeeze/ apt-cache search kernel | grep linux-image
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, OpenVZ support
linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, Linux-VServer support
linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, Xen dom0 support
linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-2.6-openvz-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support
linux-image-2.6-vserver-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-openvz-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support
linux-image-vserver-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support
linux-image-xen-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support
[19:34] brief:hack# 

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