Re: Okay. "debootstrap sid" worked and I can chroot. Now what?
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:01:56PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> I've run "debootstrap sid" (it spewed an ungodly number of warnings and
> failed to configure many packages, but it essentially worked) and I can
> chroot into it.
>
> Now what? Is there a way to run the rest of debian-installer inside of
> it to finish properly configuring the system?
No need. Just chroot in, setup APT, and use whatever package tool you
prefer to install what you need. Some more info is available here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-chroot
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