Re: Installing Debian from Red Hat (without a CD or floppy drive)
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
>Steve Grabowsku wrote:
>
>>I have a machine that I want to install Debian on, as well as other
>>Linux/BSD systems. I have no floppy or CD drive. I have no other
>>x86 machines. I do not have Windows.
>>
>>Using the network, I am able to install Red Hat 9 on it. I want to use
>>this to install and boot from the other OSes.
>>
>>
>How are you doing this? Are you booting from the network via
>PXE/bootp/something_similar, and RH is the boot OS? Do you have the
>ability to change the OS from RH to Debian on the network boot server?
That's about right. I don't have any control over this network, though,
so it's RedHat or nothing. (It's at the office.) However, I do own a
PowerBook G4 of my own that I can use to set up a server for the Debian
install (if needed.)
>>I have the suspicion that with the use of GRUB and/or LILO, I can
>>configure things the way I want, but I am not entirely sure of this.
>>I'd install the Debian kernel somewhere, maybe download some crucial
>>packages to some mount, and boot into the minimal Debian and then use some
>>neet packaging system to get the rest. But I'm not sure of the details.
>>Could someone point out where I should go to find them?
>>
>>And, just so I'm starting things out properly, how should I have the
>>Red Hat install program format my disk?
>>
>>
>>
>
>How big is your hard drive? Are you planning on keeping a dual-boot setup?
My hard drive is plenty big (80 GB). I was planning to keep the dual-boot
setup. In fact, I'm thinking about installing Gentoo as well, since I've
heard good things about it. But I'm going to try Debian first.
I'm sure this will mean learning about GRUB and/or LILO.
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