Re: Straight to SID...
Tom wrote:
To install my system, I normally boot off Woody CD, install only the
minimal/base packages, reboot, upgrade the kernel, reboot, and then
install the rest of my SID debs I keep on my hard drive.
(1) When booting from the Woody CD, what would happen if I said "don't
get the base system from the CD" and instead point sources.list to my
local SID partial mirror, assuming it has a SID version of the base.
This is generally what I do. Occasionally I run into some sort of
glitch, but nothing that can't be sorted out.
(2) If (1) works, I suppose it's okay to install an upgraded kernel
during the "do you want to run tasksel or deselect" phase.
I never run tasksel or dselect during installation, so can't answer, but
I would think so.
This would reduce my setup times from about 30 minutes to about 20
minutes.
It'll only take you 30 minutes to experiment (or an hour if the
experiment fails and you have to start over).
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