EOF
(chroot ${ROOT_DIR} aptitude update)
-# set up base system
+# set up base system and base packages
echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >${ROOT_DIR}/etc/locale.gen
-(chroot ${ROOT_DIR} aptitude install -y locales)
+(chroot ${ROOT_DIR} aptitude install -y `cat base.packages`)
k="http://lunge.mit.edu/~dilinger/debxo-0.2/initramfs-tools_0.92l.1_all.deb
http://lunge.mit.edu/~dilinger/debxo-0.2/linux-2.6.25.15_2.6.25.15-68_i386.deb"