Re: crossover install?
> I currently am using RedHat and would like to try out debian 1.3. My
> problem is that I currently have no working floppy. I grabbed the base
> packages from ftp.debian.org(not the disk images). How should I go about
> this? I have a formatted ext2 partition already prepared, can I run dpkg
> with a false root of /mnt/debian? What order should the base packages be
> installed in?
I guess you should try dpkg --root=/mnt/debian -i ...
The order you would have to figure out for yourself to satisfy
dependencies and pre-dependencies.
Alex Y.
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