All in all, I did the following: * I used the current daily netinst CD image (BTW, updated Polish translation in the installer is a very nice touch!) * The disk I've used has been partitioned like: /dev/hda1 2.0 GB (root ext3 fs for "debhost") /dev/hda2 2.0 GB (root ext3 fs for "debinst") /dev/hda5 290 MB (swap space) * I installed the regular system "debhost" on hda1 (without the "standard" task, however) to get a base for installation using the deboostrap method * I installed the "debinst" system on hda2 using the debootstrap method from inside the "debhost" system
Actually, I did the process twice, to get repeatable results. Here are my comments: 1) All was great until I came to the "resolv.conf" part. First, the "search hqdom.local\000" notation is very strange to me. Debian installer sets this differently - there's no "\000" at the end. 2) d-i puts actually two lines in /etc/hosts, like: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 DebianHostName.hqdom.local DebianHostName granted that "hqdom.local" is the name of the domain. BTW. why not leave these examples with easily recognizable "localdomain" instead? 3) Putting the recommended lines for GRUB in /etc/kernel-img.conf: postinst_hook = update-grub postrm_hook = update-grub left the installed kernel image unconfigured, as there was no boot loader installed at this point (yet!), so "update-grub" was an unknown command at this time. I struggled a bit to resolve this problem, and finally I succeded. Apparently these two lines should only be added *AFTER* the installation of grub. Additionally, the "D.3.6. Set up the Boot Loader" section recommends to run "update-grub" manually, so no harm here. 4) Installation of grub from inside the chroot is tricky beyond comprehension. Shortly speaking: it never works (for me, at least). Yet, the d-i does a good job and installs it without problems. Using my previously described workarounds helped here once again. I noted, however, that using the d-i CD the contents /mnt/debinst/dev is substantially different than when performing the manual, debootstrap install. Additionally, as can be seen in logs, d-i uses the following command to install grub: chroot /target grub-install --recheck --no-floppy "(hd0)" and it works! If you want, I can produce a VMWare Player image with the installation paused at this point, so you can examine the problem yourself. Overall the refreshed documentation is very good. I would only suggest to review carefully the bootloader installation process, as this is the most problematic part I've encountered. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
