On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:20:14PM +1100, Penguin wrote: | How does it work? Broad overview: does it install a root filesystem and | simply do a huge cp /mnt/cdrom/package /wherever then configure, or what?
It depends on what you tell it to do. It does all the basic setup of a system (partition tables, keyboard type, etc) and puts a base system on the partition you specify. The base system is enough to boot up, file management, and install additional packages. -D -- If your company is not involved in something called "ISO 9000" you probably have no idea what it is. If your company _is_ involved in ISO 9000 then you definitely have no idea what it is. (Scott Adams - The Dilbert principle)