[plug] Debian script / automated installation?

[Daniel]

Hello All, I have searched the net but may not be looking in the right
places. I know Mandrake has an option to create a script to do another
installation with the same properties as your current system.  Can
anyone tell me what the options are with Debian please? [I have been
told you could make a dummy package whose dependencies are all the
packages you want ... but that sounds complex and probably requires a
base system ... ]

Thanks very much,
Daniel