#include <hallo.h> karsten m. self wrote on sat apr 06, 2002 um 08:52:50pm: > this is a draft of a howto i'm working on for doing a chrooted debian > install. it's a method i've found useful over the years. Similar thoughts, http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/ > lnx-bbc is far more capable, packing about 110 mib of utilities, > including an x server, web browsers, games, and more, onto a > small-format cdrom. My favorite is knoppix, a live-cd with compressed filesystem. about 2gib data. Whatever, you should really rewritte it for Woody since Potato is obsolete soon. > you've now got a real debian system, though rather lean, on disk. > chroot into it: > > $ chroot . bin/bash "chroot <dir>" is enough. > ok, now, munge /etc/apt/sources.list to your preference. if you want to > run a 'testing' or 'unstable' system, you can make this switch now. > after the edits (and setting the $http_proxy environment variable if > necessary: or call "apt-setup". > i'd suggest a set of packages which i like installed in all instances: > > $ apt-get install aptitude w3m screen ssh lftp vim gpw alternatively, "apt-cache search task", apt-get install task-... > once your system is booted, you can try converting to a journaling > filesystem if you prefer -- e.g.: ext3fs, reiserfs. i recommend ext3fs > on filesystems < 150-200 mib, and reiserfs above this value. reiserfs imo: for more failsave production systems: ext3 for home systems: for essential data: / and /boot partitions, /home, and evtl. /var. /usr, restoreable areas and temporary data storage: reiserfs > for ext3fs, there's no major hassle. make sure your kernel supports > ext3fs, and run for each partition: > > $ tune2fs -j /dev/<partition> you can run it without kernel support. > ...you may also want to set the '-c' (mounts between fs checks) or '-i' > (interval between fs checks) options, and possibly the '-m' (reserved > blocks percentage) options. fixme: recommended values? depends. i recommend a monthly check. -m value depends on the size. reserve 50meg for rescue operations, so calculate the percentage. > - tar the partition to be converted to altnernate storage (if you've > created a fair number of partitions, you can "park" it elsewhere -- > e.g.: /home or /usr, usually). for /usr, archived to /home: > > $ tar czvf /home/usr.tar.gz /usr no. do not use tar with this simply call. you will loose parts of metadata, ie. directory permissions. Also note that there was a feature (I forgot which) that tar cannot handle correctly. Should not be a problem on most systems. You may go better with this options: --one-file-system -p -s --same-owner --numeric-owner --sparse > ...and verify: > > $ tar tzvf /home/usr.tar.gz > > ...the exit value ($?) should be 0. Don't forget to call this from /. > - Create reiserfs: > > $ mkreiserfs /home/usr.tar.gz If you plan to use kernel 2.4 forever, use "--format 3.6" too. > - Unpack the archive to the target: > > $ cd / > $ tar xzvf /home/usr.tar.gz Additional options needed, see above. > ...repeat for each partition, and you're set. NOTE: If you do this with /, do not forget to "--exclude=/proc" > $ apt-get dist-upgrade # This should work. > $ apt-get dselect-upgrade # This is what I ended up using. > > FIXME: ...can someone straighten me out on this? > > - Run aptitude (far more intuitive than dselect IMVAO), and pick > packages. Install it first. AFAIK available in Woody only. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- > Die 3 goldenen R's bei Microsoft Systemen: > Retry, Reboot, Reinstall ..... Die 3 F's bei Debian-Unstable: Find the bug, Fix the bug, Fire the maintainer
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