On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:12:20PM -0700, NewDeb wrote: > > I am reposting this message and drawing attention to the fact that I am > trying to do the apt-get and dpkg magic on a fedora box !
Something you can do is install Debian to a subdirectory (chrot "jail") in your system, using a program called "debootstrap". http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds03.html.en (the installation manual) explains how to use it to install Debian to a specific subdirectory that is also on a different partition. But you can skip all the partitioning bits and debootstrap to whatever subdirectory you want. Once this is done, if, say, you installed it into the subdirectory /srv/chroot/debian, you can run (as root): chroot /srv/chroot/debian Then it might help you to run the following to get a nicer promp and all: . /etc/profile -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
