On 4/15/13, Yuwen Dai <yuw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I have another PC installed Debian and a HDD to USB adapter. >> If you aren't sure of what you're doing, this will be a steep learning >> curve, but is very doable. Just require a little persistence and may >> be a few tries before you get there... >> >> If the machine is too old, you will need an older Debian (for network >> and possibly other drivers) if those drivers are not available in most >> recent kernels. >> What CPU does this PC have? How much memory? > CPU is Pentium 4 with 256M memory.
This is adequate. You will want to ensure a lightweight desktop - XFCE eg. >> Once you've debootstrapped the HDD using a working PC, then you can >> plug it back in to the old PC. > I've used debootstrap before, merely installed a small debian in a > directory. I want to boot from the new HDD, so I have to install > grub. When and how to install grub? 1) partition HDD; I use: 200MiB /boot partition use remainder of disk for / 2) install base debian os on / and /boot as appropriate I assume your hdd / is on /target/ and /boot is on /target/boot/ debootstrap your debian onto /target/ configure the /target/etc/fstab install grub onto /target/ (or appropriate /dev/.. name) try to boot off your new HDD, onto new working computer if it doesn't work, fix up configs in /target/etc and others as needed (definitely read debootstrap docs) 3) after successful new HDD boot on new PC, then: plug new HDD into old PC boot be happy :) Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnsttd9jxxrdn1kucdwrwqj0rvr1tadqh+vcms8_wiof...@mail.gmail.com
