mess-mate <mess-mate@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote: > | mess-mate <mess-mate@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > | > | > Hi list, > | > i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... > | > but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. > | > Xubuntu is installed on the hd and boot without any problem. > | > Is there a way to replace xubuntu by etch ?? and how can i do > that ? | > Thanks in advance for any suggestion. > | > mess-mate > | > | debootstrap should do the trick. > | > Do you mean creating a debootstrap and when logging into, deleting > the xubuntu system and then recreate new partitions and installing > etch into ? > (without the debootstrap of course) Well I don't know your setup, but I know debootstrap was built to do what you need. I think it is possible to setup etch directly onto a fresh partition (if you have the space available) and then just point grub/lilo to it. After everything is in place you can choose to remove xubuntu. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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