Re: New Debian user

On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 03:11:34PM +0100, Niels Rasmussen wrote:

I wonder, if I put that LiveCD with Ubuntu back in, is there some
commands I can use to get all the info I need to install "Etch" ???

debootstrap. I'm sure ubuntu has got it. you can save yourself a
download and burn (sort of). Boot that live cd, use it to
partition your hd however you like, mount the new / partition and use
debootstrap to install the basic system. more details here:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en

just point it to the debian mirrors and away you go. Its a little more
complicated than a straight install, but sure can teach you a lot
fast.

A

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