Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> wrote: > In article <[🔎] 19980821152129.I748@cogs.susx.ac.uk> you wrote: > > : last time I asked it wasn't possible to have a RH-free netwinder and debian > : was only being used in a chrooted environment. I was wondering what's missing > : and if there is a road map to get it done. > > Does anyone know how to interrupt the boot process to pick a different root > partition and/or kernel? I haven't found any docs on the NeTTrom thingy yet. > I'd be happy to repartition my disk to set aside a Debian test root partition > and start loading it with the right stuff... I'd like nothing better than to > get to a Debian-only software load, even if it's pretty minimal at first, as > long as it has enough pieces to be able to bootstrap the rest. May I ask why you need a chroot environment? Everything seems to work ok, with the packages we have... The acctuall installation might be a little problematic, but it _IS_ a NC, so it shouldn't be any troubble booting it over the net... If I ever get one my self, I sure as hell ain't going to use RH... :) I've ported most of base and a large part of admin and net, and I haven't had _THAT_ much of a problem... It was a little problematic in the beginning, but now when I know how to work the different helper scipts and know a little more about the differences between glibc2.0 and glibc2.1, it's a lot simpler... :) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Turbo __ _ Debian GNU Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just ^^^^^ / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ selective about who its friends are / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / papadoc.nocrew.org _ /// / /__| | | | | |_| |> < Turbo Fredriksson turbo@tripnet.se \\\/ \____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ Surrey/B.C./Canada (604)572-3523 Debian Certified Linux Developer PGP#788CD1A9 www5.tripnet.se/~turbo ------- PGP: B7 92 93 0E 06 94 D6 22 98 1F 0B 5B FE 33 A1 0B -------- -- $400 million in gold bullion FBI counter-intelligence Saddam Hussein KGB Delta Force Uzi nuclear Mossad NORAD SDI spy Ortega arrangements supercomputer
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