Re: is debian right for me?

From: Karsten M. Self (kmself_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 02/13/04

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    Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:26:38 -0800
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    on Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:37:46PM -0500, Mark Roach (mrroach@okmaybe.com) wrote:
    > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 13:07, David T-G wrote:
    >
    > > I need to be able to build and install the system in slice hda3 while
    > > running from hda2 and then I'll do a test boot and eventually set hda3 as
    > > my default slice in lilo. I'll eventually move back over to hda2 since
    > > it's next to the swap space, and I'll have the hda3 version as a spare.
    > >
    > > Can debian be installed in this manner, much like LFS is bootstrapped?
    > > How about maintenance of packages and things?
    >
    > Yes, this is similar to how I build all my remote servers, I have the
    > remote MCSE boot off a knoppix disk and start ssh, then I use
    > debootstrap to load the system. once you've bootstrapped the system, you
    > can chroot it, and run base-config to set up your apt sources. Here's a
    > nice howto on the subject
    > http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html
    >
    > The important things to remember are fstab of course, and network config
    > (man interfaces). You'll find this list a valuable resource for any
    > questions you might have.

    Also:

       http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/DebianChrootInstall

    ...which references Mark's remote chroot instructions. There are also
    chroot instructions (based on mine) in the Debian Installation Manual:

     http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install
     http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade

    Peace.

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