RE: Install to another hdd?
On 05-Feb-99 M.C. Vernon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a machine which I want to install debian on. Unfortunatly,
> it has not floppy drive; I can see a couple of possibilities:
>
> 1: put the hdd into my working linux box, and use the rescue disks to
> install onto /dev/hdc (Can I then install LILO onto that hdd, and have it
> boot correctly when I put it into the other machine?)
>
> 2: Cross-install base-packages etc...Which packages do I need, and again,
> how do I run lilo on this machine?
>
1. is easily doable. lilo should be happy (make sure you write to the correct
hdd).
But why not just move the floppy over to the floppy-less machine?
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