sean finney wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:02:26PM -0800, Terry Milnes wrote: > > Is it possible to use KNOPPIX as a installer for Debian? Once I have KNOPPIX installed then add Debians stable apt repository to add the other software that I want? > > you can do it, but you'll probably spend just as much time working out > dependencies and massaging things into place. also, knx-hdinstall > doesn't deal well with small root partitions iirc. i've done something > similar, but in a more "I know what the hell i'm doing" manner: > > (from a knoppix boot up) > # fdisk /dev/hda > # mkdir /target > (mount all the hard drive partitions into /target, /target/usr, etc...) > # debootstrap sid /target > (you can do woody instead of sid if you want stable) > # chroot /target dpkg -a --configure > # chroot /target > # apt-get install stuff > (don't forget to include a linux kernel and run lilo) What is the advantage of doing it this way from Knoppix rather than just booting from a Debian install CD? Is it just that you can set up a sid system directly, without having to install stable or testing first? Btw, has anyone else found that the English ISO of Knoppix 3.2 for 24 March 2003 displays a lot of things in German even if you include "lang=us" in the boot command? Older versions of Knoppix did not do this to me. Craig
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