on Mon, May 20, 2002, Squirrel (jsli@ict.ac.cn) wrote:
> > You'll probably want to touch /var/lib/dpkg/status.
> >
> > Can you give a bit more information about what you're doing, though? It
> > sounds rather dangerous. Installing .debs verbatim on a non-Debian
> > system could break it, as dpkg will keep track of file conflicts with
> > other packages but not with random files lying around from an earlier
> > installation.
>
> I want to install debian linux on my MIPS machine. I have compiled a
> linux kernel and it can boot the redhat7.2. When I boot the
> redhat7.2,I just copy the base file architecture into my hard
> disc,then I install the gcc, then I compile the other tools. So I
> want to do under the debian just like under the redhat, but there is
> no dpkg tool and I can't install the gcc. That is my question. Can
> you help me?
In addition to Collin's comments, I've documented a chroot install
procedure you may be interested in:
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/DebianChrootInstall.html
Peace.
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