on Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:40:27AM -0600, Paul E Condon (pecondon@peakpeak.com) wrote:
> I have tried Knoppix and find amazing what it finds out
> automatically. But I don't understand how Karsten uses it to install
> Debian. Could someone (possibly Karsten) amplify on his terse
> description of this method. I would like to try it on an old box that
> I have been unable to get working. Please be rather verbose. I am not
> good at connecting dots.
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 06:01:41AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > There are a number of different installation systems available, my own
> > preferred method lately is a chroot install from base2_2.tgz or via
> > debootstrap, under Knoppix, which allows you to filch configuration
> > settings and module lists from Knoppix.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There are detailed instructions for a chroot install at:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall
This is *NOT* (as was posted by another subscriber) an installation of
Knoppix to your HD, but a Debian install, run under Knoppix, using
either a Potato base2_2.tgz base image, or debootstrap. Both work fine.
The latter is documented in the main Debian install docs, as discussed
at the link above.
For drivers, with a stock monolithic kernel, prior to your first reboot
(when you're still running Knoppix)
( echo -e "# Knoppix modules\n"; awk '{print $1}' \
/proc/modules >> /mnt/debinst/etc/modules
...gets pretty much everything.
For X, you can copy your Knoppix XF86Config-4 file.
Sound should work, but can still be iffy in edge cases.
If you're building your own kernel at a later point, you'll want to
build the modules in this list, or compile them into your kernel.
Peace.
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