Re: How to install without parted?
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:51:18AM +0200, mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sven Luther [mailto:sven.luther@wanadoo.fr]
> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:51 AM
> > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> > Cc: sven.luther@wanadoo.fr; debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: How to install without parted?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:31:52AM +0200,
> > mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sven Luther [mailto:sven.luther@wanadoo.fr]
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:36 AM
> > > > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> > > > Cc: sven.luther@wanadoo.fr; debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> > > > Subject: Re: How to install without parted?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:16:18AM +0200,
> > > > mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm really sorry, but I never did that before (didn't even
> > > > know that
> > > > > such a thing is possible), so it would take me more time
> > > > than I have
> > > > > since I am busy with other things also ...
> > > >
> > > > Then you are at the mercy of someone else finding the
> > will to do it.
> > >
> > > Yes, indeed.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I can give you instructions though, it is quite easy.
> > > >
> > > > # apt-get install debootstrap
> > > > # debootstrap sid /path/to/your/chroot
> > > > # mount -t proc proc /path/to/your/chroot/proc
> > > > # chroot /path/to/your/chroot
> > > >
> > > > And there you are rocking in a sid chroot, you can install
> > > > stuff normally with apt-get install, in particular you would
> > > > install subversion, checkout the d-i tree, go into
> > > > d-i/installer/build, and follow the instructions for building
> > > > d-i images.
> > > >
> > > > Getting the new libparted and corresponding partman in the
> > > > initrd is a bit more involved though.
> > >
> > > ...and since I am quite unexperienced with that kind of things (I
> > > consider myself still more a Linux user with some limited
> > > administrator skills, though that should improve in the months to
> > > come), it would take me at least the rest of the day to do it.
> >
> > Bah, there is no age to learn, or whatever, the instructions
> > are pretty straightforward, so a normal d-i build is nothing
> > outlandish, even for someone with no much experience.
>
> I am not afraid of learning, I know that I still have to learn much.
> I would do it if I had nothing else to do today.
> I appreciate the great work all of you are doing, and the time you spend
> on making Debian happen. But not everyone can do this - I hope I will be
> able to do more in a near future than I can today.
You should try todays or tomorrows daily built, they should fix the parted
problems you have been seeing.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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