On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:34:59 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:37:33AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am currently running Sarge and want to install Etch, using > debootstrap, so I can play around with it while I still have Sarge > to fall back on. I have set up and mounted my filesystem under > /mnt/debinst, but when I run the following command: You must use the debootstrap or cdebootstrap packages from backports.
Thanks. I have debootstrap from backports running now. It seems to be going OK, but...
The original Sarge version of debootstrap wanted to DL base-config, which does not appear to exist in Etch, or Sid, at this time. Is there another package which has replaced base-config? The copy of the installation manual that I got from debian.org (for Sarge) says to use base-config to set the TZ, add a normal user, and set Apt sources. Now, I can certainly do that manually, but is there a preferred, "Debian" way to do this under Etch?
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