Re: Installing debian to another hard drive
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:54:42AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote:
> Perhaps something like this (assuming the target drive is /dev/hdb).
> (I'm going to emphasize that I'm JUST GUESSING and you should RTFM all
> the suggestions I give here).
>
> # mke2fs /dev/hdb1
> # makeswap /dev/hdb2
should read: # mkswap /dev/hdb2
> # dpkg --get-selections > selections
> # dpkg --root=/mnt --set-selections < selections
> # apt-get -f -o dpkg::options::"--root=/mnt" dist-upgrade
>
> Does anybody who knows what they're talking about have better ideas?
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:03:14AM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the
> > > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and
> > > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is
> > > disfunctional, and has no CD-ROM drive.
> > >
> > > I have connected the laptop's hard drive to my Debian machine, using an
> > > adapter. There must be some way to install Debian to this hard drive,
> > > using my desktop machine. How can I do this? Will the normal
> > > install-from-dos-partition procedure work?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Hugo van der Merwe
> > >
> > > ps. I would appreciate if replies could be CC:'ed to hugo@mailroom.com
> > > I am not subscribed to the list, and sometimes my ISP's news server messes
> > > up...
> >
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