On Thursday 24 June 2004 08:45 am, Stefan Seefeld wrote: > debootstrap, then run it to prepare a debian partition. Then I chroot into > that to configure it. Everything runs more or less smoothly (I'm unable to
I'm glad you got that sorted, and glad I'm not the only one crazy enough to attempt that. It was only just a month or so ago that I finally installed Debian with an installer for the first time. I did my chroot deal from Mandrake 8.1. (I was working on an uptime record at the time, and I figured I might as well continue to build up my uptime while learning about Debian. :) I found it to be really quite a challenge, and it was a fun exercise. In retrospect though, my properly installed Debian boxes work better. I missed a number of useful packages installing in chroot the way I did, and I reused things like XF86Config-4 and lilo.conf from Mandrake, which caused no end of minor, irritating problems along the way. Nothing major or unavoidable though. The main reason I decided to do a real install was because I got a cable modem, and I wanted some excuse to use it. :) -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
