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+FROM debian
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV RUNLEVEL 1
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	kmod \
+	systemd-sysv \
+	openssh-client \
+	openssh-server \
+	isc-dhcp-client \
+	pciutils \
+	strace \
+	nfs-common \
+	ethtool\
+	ifupdown \
+	linux-image-amd64 \
+	ifmetric \
+	procserv \
+	netbase && \
+	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# EPICS hack for libreadline
+RUN ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.7 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6
+RUN ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5
+
+# weed out stuff from the internal kernel
+#RUN rm -rf \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/gpu \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/hwmon \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/infiniband \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/isdn \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/media \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/scsi \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/usb \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/usb \
+#	/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND teletype
+