On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 03:09:56PM -0700, 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. > > 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? What I did was untarring debootstrap into my running system and pointing it to an empty partition. In your case, I'd recommend installing a minimal RH on a partition which you can later use as swap, and leaving the remainder of the disk for Debian. HTH, Nick -- x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | I maintain a Zero-Tolerance policy for | | Zero-Tolerance policy maintainers. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nicolas Kratz <nick@ikarus.dyndns.org> <n_kratz@cs.uni-frankfurt.de> | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x
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