On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 06:52:48 +0200 Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not use debootstrap for educational purposes but to bypass > installer misbehaviour.For instance, I remember using it when the > installer obstinately wanted to force me to use LVM (Logical Volume > Management). This happened both under Debian and Devuan. On other > occasions, the installer came to a mysterious halt because it wanted > to use a network connection even though I had a CD in the CD drive > from which the installation was running! Installers remind me of > myself losing hours upon hours attempting to make them see reason and > install to a partition or use an already existing partition without > formatting it. Well, I cannot allow it to format my home partition. > > In short, I found debootstrap very useful. Unless installers are made > to do what the operator wants them to do, they become time-wasters. They're time wasters for folks like you with the intelligence and Linux knowledge to do a chroot install. I have a little less than the requisite intelligence and Linux knowledge, so for me, having to trial and error installer programs a couple times is faster and less work than doing a chroot install. Another problem is that, except for Arch, Gentoo and Funtoo, most distros have inadequate documentation on their chroot installs. But yes, you're right: For a person with the smarts and Linux knowledge to understand chroot installs in their bones, an installer would be a time waster and very frustrating. SteveT Steve Litt June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
