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Re: Installation of Debian



on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 06:43:03PM -0500, Stathy G. Touloumis (stathy@stathy.com) wrote:
> 
> >older systems were MIPS, newer are x86 hardware, and
> >there may be a CDROM port.
> 
> The older versions are MIPS which I have found the Deb distro for this
> as well as 2.4 kernel patches specifically for the RaQ.  I am able to
> access the Serial port and that is how I plan to install a 'real' OS
> on it.  The only way to reinstall an OS on the RaQ is to netboot
> (bootp) and load the kernel via NFS as well as the root file system.
> I got that far and am able to access the OS through the serial port
> but just need a utility (dbootstrap) to make the installation easy.

Another possiblity is to install a base system, modify the bootloader,
put a getty on serial, and pray.  Not that I've tried this.

> debbootstrap - do you know what package this is listed under or how to
> get the source?

All I know is that Heather Stern (heather@starshine.org) put it
together, and it's one of the installers on the LNX-BBC disk.  Not sure
if it's all put together or not, or where sources are.

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