On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote:
Where can I find LOTS of documentation on this debootstrap program?
It seems that this is being used to replace the old base*.tgz files that
I'm so familiar with.
I'm trying to figure out how to do a remote installation with near zero
direct access to a computer and this might simplify things a lot.
how does it work?
After wrestling with it just today myself (see debian-beowulf for more
on this subject because I want to do the exact same thing) I found out
it's actually quite easy to use for setting up a chrootable live system
inside of a currently running system (though I'm sure it can do more).
just run:
debootstrap dist /target/dir http://http.us.debian.org/debian
where dist = woody sid potato (not stable unstable ... that didn't work
for me)
/target/dir is wherever you want it to land and the http (or ftp) site
your favorite mirror. Works like a charm.
--mike