RE: How to install without parted?

[<mzenker@gnotometrics.de>]

> -----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.

Best regards,

Matthias