On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 04:49:15PM -0700, Nicolas Lopez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 06:03:12PM -0500, Robb Kidd wrote: > > Carpenter, Dean wrote: > > [ponder] Download the VMware 3.0 beta and install Debian in a virtual > > machine? In addition to the many X screen grabbers available, VMware > > provides its own screen-capture function. > Or much better: Use plex86 or bochs. That'll at least get you the x86 & > common screens. MOL might help with PPC/PMac specific parts. > Or.. Is there any reason why dbootstrap can't be run on a running system? > Just chroot the install initrd image and run it directly. I might have to > play with that tonight. I'll see if I can catch the ritual goat sacrifice > mentioned in my sig. I've done this before (not the ritual goat sacrifice - running dbootstrap on a live system). You just chroot it as normal. Get the install disks, work out which disk contains the binaries, and hunt around until you actually find the one that launches the install sequence - if you do it from an xterm then you can snapshot as much as you need. HTH, Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND --------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this email are intended for the indicated recipient(s) only. This may or may not be indicated in the above email as it is enormously easy to fake email addresses (see the relevant RFCs). For security reasons this email is likely to be gnupg signed. On the other hand it may not be if I forgot to do so. In any case, if you are reading this on a Windows based computer then there was no point in me doing so (provided that I remembered) as your computer is most likely being used by yourself and 2.8 other people at the same time (normally without your consent). No responsibility will be accepted by anyone for any of the contents of this email. So tough. If in doubt, go compile Mozilla. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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