Re: Help on returning to Debian
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 09:12:00PM +1000, CaT wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote:
> > Is there any application for windows (or linux) in order to install
> > debian using a LAN connection ?
>
> Grab the floppy disks and use them. There's 6 disks in total and once
> you get the network drivers setup you can install the rest off the net.
>
> That's the simplest way. A slightly harder way will bring the total
> needed down to 2 disks if you're lucky.
On a working Linux system with a network connection and some unused
disk space, you can do it with 0 floppies:
- Download the Debian base files and untar them somewhere
- chroot into that subtree
- use apt-get or dselect until you have a functional system
- copy the subtree up to your real root
(you'll have to fix up /etc/fstab, lilo.conf and maybe some others
I'm forgetting)
- cross your fingers and reboot
This assumes you're willing to leave your disk partitioning unchanged.
Also, I recommend that you not upgrade the kernel-image until you've
successfully set up an all-Debian userland.
Good luck!
--
Eric C. Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u
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