Re: Install with no removable media
on Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:28:44PM +1100, Rob Weir (rweir@softhome.net) wrote:
> [Please wrap your lines at something sensible...]
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:15:22AM -0800, Joe Sprankle wrote:
> > I have a Toshiba prot?g? laptop with no floppy or CD-ROM drive. I am
> > currently running Slackware which I installed via a PCMCIA CDROM that
> > I no longer have access to. Can I copy the Debian cd to a separate
> > partition and have lilo boot from there? If so what would the lilo
> > entry look like. any ideas appreciated. Thanks, joe
>
> You can do this by creating a chroot to install Debian into. I'm not
> sure of any specific pages, but googling for 'chroot Debian install'
> should find what you need.
Funny that:
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/DebianChrootInstall.html
Note that you'll want to configure networking (/etc/network/interfaces)
prior to running 'dpkg-reconfigure base-config'.
Peace.
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