On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:04:34PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: <snip> > Nope. I use Knoppix to boot from, make the "system image" as far as > disks etc. I then mount those filesystems apropos and then run > debootstrap in that directory and install a basic system. > > I then chroot into it and then update everything needed to make it work. > Then install a new kernel that supports the hardware. > > All Done. Literally end of story. I have put woody on machines with SATA > controllers that have only been out for 2.4.22+ to have drivers built in > them. > > I don't have a single problem. <snip> > I end up having no knoppix type of system. You might consider doing > something similar. > > The stuff I do is based in part on the the Debian Chroot Install @ > twiki.iwethey.org > > Search in google... you will find it.
Sounds a little hairy but if it gets me out of the unstable pool, then it might be worth the effort. I shudder at the thought of a broken "tar". I am perfectly capable of creating confusion and delay with my own inventions. I've got this post saved for google strings. Thanks. -- Mike Two hundred years ago, we note mischievously, the average American or European had a standard of living not very much superior to that of the average man in India or China. -- dailyreckoning.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
