Re: Installation from base image -- configuration required?
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:27:34PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > The question (I *said* there was a question) -- what particular steps
> > are required for configuring a base Debian installation. Best I can
...
> > The option of slapping a base image onto a partitioned disk and
> > installing it by hand seems almost preferable (and in some cases,
> > unavoidable). The Debian installer itself is dbootstrap, but doesn's
> > appear to be readily available outside the installation system itself --
> > I couldn't find it lurking elsewhere in Debian, or pull anything called
> > 'dbootstrap' from any of the install disks at my disposal. Or am I
> > missing something obvious?
>
> It's in the boot-floppies source package, but it is not designed to work
> outside of the boot floppies environment (although I've done it, on a
> running system even).
>
> You can use debootstrap (note the 'e') to build a debian system in a
> chroot, from any linux system that has a posix shell, wget, and a few
> other basic tools (all in busybox) available.
Somehow, debootstrap does not set up /etc/apt/sources.list.
I always run apt-setup and s/stable/testing/g on /etc/apt/sources.list
Then chroot act as almost fully functional debian system. It looks it
does disable some daemons.
Is there any documentation on how to proceed from here?
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