Re: base2_2.tgz problems

[Hartmut Koptein <koptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

> > Hoping someone out there can help me...
> > 
> > Trying to get base2_2.tgz going..but it seems to be missing inittab...
> > 
> > Am I missing something?  have read everything I could find but nothing
> > helps. Has 2_1 running, but cant add nuthin to it...got the latest
> > version from ftp.debian.org (twice just to make sure).
> > 
> > Tried using inittab from 2_1 but no go.
> > 
> > FYI, have a linuxppc partition I am installing from.  Tried everything
> > foudn on mailing lists to date but nothing..help!
> > 
> > Mark Guertin
> 
> I had the same problem. You must boot in single user when init ask you
> for the runlevel (type S).
> After, you must run some init scripts by hand in /etc/init.d/ to enable
> modules support and network.
> When network is ready, you can run dselect.

Right, the reason for this is that the base2.1 or base2.2 and also the 
splitted base1440* only there to have the binaries. Setup is done by
'dbootstrap'. After installation it removes also the unconfigured* from
/sbin. 

I work on this; i need only two new packages for this (one is allready
in Incoming), the other one is linux-utils -- it will change the fdisk
into dos-fdisk, so the wrapper 'fdisk' can work with both: pdisk and 
dos-fdisk. 

Thanks,


   Hartmut