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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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