On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: > Where can I find LOTS of documentation on this debootstrap program? > It seems that this is being used to replace the old base*.tgz files that > I'm so familiar with. > > I'm trying to figure out how to do a remote installation with near zero > direct access to a computer and this might simplify things a lot. > > how does it work?
After wrestling with it just today myself (see debian-beowulf for more on this subject because I want to do the exact same thing) I found out it's actually quite easy to use for setting up a chrootable live system inside of a currently running system (though I'm sure it can do more). just run: debootstrap dist /target/dir http://http.us.debian.org/debian where dist = woody sid potato (not stable unstable ... that didn't work for me) /target/dir is wherever you want it to land and the http (or ftp) site your favorite mirror. Works like a charm. --mike
