Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

[cga2001@eml.cc]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:38:25 -0500, "Joey Hess" <joeyh@debian.org> said:
> cga2001@eml.cc wrote:
> > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not
> > find the basedbs.tar file.
> 
> There's no such animal for sarge.
> 
> > I also noticed that the section "Installing
> > Debian GNU/linux from a UNIX/linux System" in the "testing" Installation
> > Guide does not exist.
> 
> Sure it does. http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apcs04.html
> 
> -- 
> see shy jo

I have an additional question. 

It appears that debootstrap uses wget. I believe that wget is able to
recover from an interrupted download - doesn't download again the files
that were downloaded during a prior run - unless their timestamps were
modified on the server.. a bit like "make" works regarding compiles. 

I was wondering if this is also the case with debootstrap? 

The reason I'm asking is that the sarge base system is rumored to be
some 100Meg+ and this should take some 10-12 hours trickling down my
rather flimsy dialup pipe.. 

If not, is there a way I can concurrently save the result of the
download some place in case I mess the subsequent install... so as to
avoid running a second (3rd.. 4th.. etc.) download.. should I need to
start over... Or should I make a full backup of my root/base filesystem
immediately after running debootstrap?

Only doc I've read is the rather terse debootstrap man page and would
gladly read other docs if available..

Or.. finally.. is there a method that's better adapted to dialup than
"debootstrap --arch i386 sarge /mnt/deb.... http://debian.org/.. etc"
when attempting to download sarge from the mirrors.. where I could
download the packages one at a time for instance?    

NB. Due to the volume on this list and my limited quotas.. I had to
unsubscribe. Is there any place I can view your replies - if any..?? Or
would you be so kind as to cc: me on this..?? <cga2001.at.eml.dot.cc> 

Thanks.
cga
 
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